🇬🇧 Indoctrination meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Indoctrination is when a person or group keeps teaching someone the same ideas again and again, in a way that doesn’t really allow questions or different opinions. Instead of saying, “Think for yourself and decide what you believe,” indoctrination is more like, “Believe this because we said so,” and it’s repeated so much that the person starts to accept it automatically, without asking if it’s right or wrong.

My mom’s healthy-eating indoctrination has me suspicious of any snack that doesn’t come with a lecture and a carrot.

After constant indoctrination from my teacher, my brain now whispers, “Check your spelling,” every time I write the word “definitely.”

After years of bedtime indoctrination, my brain thinks that brushing teeth automatically unlocks one bonus story chapter.

With enough indoctrination, the PE teacher got us chanting, “Sweat is just your fat crying,” while our legs begged for a nap.

he word “indoctrination” comes from Latin roots meaning “to teach,” but unlike normal teaching, it’s about repeating ideas so much that people stop questioning them—kind of like hearing the same annoying song until you catch yourself singing it in the shower.

Each morning the teacher pointed at one poster and said the same line until the children echoed it. Indoctrination crept in like rain. Indoctrination sat at desks, indoctrination flowed into lunch, indoctrination timed their play. The teacher called it 'learning', but indoctrination made one child stop and ask, and the room fell silent.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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