Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to indoctrinate
Participle: indoctrinated
Gerund: indoctrinating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | indoctrinate |
| you | indoctrinate |
| he;she;it | indoctrinates |
| we | indoctrinate |
| you | indoctrinate |
| they | indoctrinate |
Perfect
| I | have indoctrinated |
| you | have indoctrinated |
| he;she;it | has indoctrinated |
| we | have indoctrinated |
| you | have indoctrinated |
| they | have indoctrinated |
Past
| I | indoctrinated |
| you | indoctrinated |
| he;she;it | indoctrinated |
| we | indoctrinated |
| you | indoctrinated |
| they | indoctrinated |
Pluperfect
| I | had indoctrinated |
| you | had indoctrinated |
| he;she;it | had indoctrinated |
| we | had indoctrinated |
| you | had indoctrinated |
| they | had indoctrinated |
Future
| I | will indoctrinate |
| you | will indoctrinate |
| he;she;it | will indoctrinate |
| we | will indoctrinate |
| you | will indoctrinate |
| they | will indoctrinate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have indoctrinated |
| you | will have indoctrinated |
| he;she;it | will have indoctrinated |
| we | will have indoctrinated |
| you | will have indoctrinated |
| they | will have indoctrinated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | indoctrinate |
| you | indoctrinate |
| he;she;it | indoctrinate |
| we | indoctrinate |
| you | indoctrinate |
| they | indoctrinate |
Perfect
| I | have indoctrinated |
| you | have indoctrinated |
| he;she;it | have indoctrinated |
| we | have indoctrinated |
| you | have indoctrinated |
| they | have indoctrinated |
Imperfect
| I | indoctrinated |
| you | indoctrinated |
| he;she;it | indoctrinated |
| we | indoctrinated |
| you | indoctrinated |
| they | indoctrinated |
Pluperfect
| I | had indoctrinated |
| you | had indoctrinated |
| he;she;it | had indoctrinated |
| we | had indoctrinated |
| you | had indoctrinated |
| they | had indoctrinated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would indoctrinate |
| you | would indoctrinate |
| he;she;it | would indoctrinate |
| we | would indoctrinate |
| you | would indoctrinate |
| they | would indoctrinate |
Perfect
| I | would have indoctrinated |
| you | would have indoctrinated |
| he;she;it | would have indoctrinated |
| we | would have indoctrinated |
| you | would have indoctrinated |
| they | would have indoctrinated |
Imperative
| you | indoctrinate |
| we | Let's indoctrinate |
| you | indoctrinate |
Verbs conjugated like 'indoctrinate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'indoctrinate'
reindoctrinate,
endoctrine,
doctrinise,
doctrinize,
inactivate,
incardinate,
incarnate,
inracinate,
intricate,
annominate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1626, "to teach," from
in- "in" + L.
doctrina "teaching" (see doctrine). Meaning "to imbue with an idea or opinion" first recorded 1832.
Indoctrination in ref. to communist activities is from 1950.
2. From in- + doctrine + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French endoctriner. See: French '
endoctriner'.
Verbs referencing "indoctrinate"
Finnish with old forms
indoktrinoida, Polish
indoktrynować, Danish
indoktrinere.
Sample Sentences
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[...] it was beyond their hope to indoctrinate Marxism-Leninism-Mao's "thought" into the mind of young generation. The young generation does not care about Communism. [1987, Asian Outlook:]
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[They] attempt to further indoctrinate Christian values into local communities by first distorting the substance of the traditional rituals and then imputing another set of values to them. [2002, Asian Anthropology:]
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She […] felt uncomfortable that she was to her mind 'pushing Christian values'. Apparently lurking beneath her discomfort was a sense that she was required to indoctrinate Christian values in a search for conformity rather than teaching to promote autonomy, which she regarded as her professional commitment. [2017 November 13, Ros Stuart-Buttle, John Shortt, Christian Faith, Formation and Education, Springer, →ISBN, page 119:]
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Further still, there were other little boys and girls whose parents DID know about the history [of the show promoting racism] who may have surely taken the time to infuse and indoctrinate it into the next generation. [2024 November 29, Reggie Legend, On My Post: Recollections of a Social Media Maverick: VOLUME II, Reggie Kee d.b.a. Reggie Legend, →ISBN, page 98:]