Inculcate vs. Indoctrinate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Inculcate and Indoctrinate
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Inculcate
To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill
Inculcating sound principles.
Indoctrinate
To instruct in a body of doctrine or principles.
Inculcate
To teach (others) by frequent instruction or repetition; indoctrinate
Inculcate the young with a sense of duty.
Indoctrinate
To imbue with a partisan or ideological point of view
Children who had been indoctrinated against their parents' values.
Inculcate
(transitive) To teach by repeated instruction.
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Indoctrinate
To teach with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.
Inculcate
(transitive) To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.
Indoctrinate
(obsolete) To teach; to instruct.
Inculcate
To teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; to urge on the mind; as, Christ inculcates on his followers humility.
The most obvious and necessary duties of life they have not yet had authority enough to enforce and inculcate upon men's minds.
Indoctrinate
To instruct in the rudiments or principles of learning, or of a branch of learning; to imbue with learning; to teach; - often followed by in.
A master that . . . took much delight in indoctrinating his young, unexperienced favorite.
Inculcate
Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions;
Inculcate values into the young generation
Indoctrinate
To instruct in, or imbue with, doctrines, principles or ideologies, especially from a specific point of view which may be partisan or biased; to strongly press one's own point of view upon.
Indoctrinate
Teach doctrines to; teach uncritically;
The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples
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