Question

indoctrinate In the Army's basic training, sergeants have 11 weeks to indoctrinate their new recruits with army attitudes and discipline. indoctrinate*

Accepted Answer

(1) To teach, especially basics or fundamentals. (2) To fill someone with a particular opinion or point of view. Indoctrinate simply means “brainwash” to many people today. We frequently hear, for example, of religious cults that indoctrinate their members to give up their freedom and individuality and to work hard only for a leader's goals. But its meaning wasn't originally negative at all. And the fact is that every society indoctrinates its young people with the values of its culture; in the U.S. we tend to be indoctrinated to love freedom, to be individuals, and to work hard for success, among many other things. But we now rarely use indoctrinate (or its noun, indoctrination) in a positive way; instead we usually stick to the simpler and safer teach or instruct

word	indoctrinate
definition	(1) To teach, especially basics or fundamentals. (2) To fill someone with a particular opinion or point of view.
eg_sentence	In the Army's basic training, sergeants have 11 weeks to indoctrinate their new recruits with army attitudes and discipline.
explanation	Indoctrinate simply means “brainwash” to many people today. We frequently hear, for example, of religious cults that indoctrinate their members to give up their freedom and individuality and to work hard only for a leader's goals. But its meaning wasn't originally negative at all. And the fact is that every society indoctrinates its young people with the values of its culture; in the U.S. we tend to be indoctrinated to love freedom, to be individuals, and to work hard for success, among many other things. But we now rarely use indoctrinate (or its noun, indoctrination) in a positive way; instead we usually stick to the simpler and safer teach or instruct
IPA	indoctrinate*

Indoctrinate People Work Hard Teach Basics Fundamentals Fill