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indoctrination

[in-dok-truh-nay-shuhn] / ɪnˌdɒk trəˈneɪ ʃən /
NOUN
propagandism
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Netanyahu told the media last week that the suspect had undergone "Islamist radical indoctrination".

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

Then came the “fantastic indoctrination into the West Coast scene,” Townshend says of hanging out with Jimi Hendrix and the Mamas and the Papas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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

He might be testing me, to see how deep my indoctrination had really gone.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood


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