indoctrination

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The military had four major departments overseeing operations, arms procurement, logistics and indoctrination, and seven major “military regions,” each operating like independent fiefs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Due to their early indoctrination, she believes they will be even more hardline than their fathers.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

This means defending the university not as a corporate entity or site of theocratic indoctrination but as a democratic commons.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2025

The rationale is that there should be no condition, such as religious indoctrination or required sobriety, on a homeless person receiving housing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

He had been my teacher during my period of indoctrination and now I realized that I shouldn't have come.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison