indoctrination
(ɪnˌdɒktrɪˈneɪʃən)
[n. of action from prec.]
Instruction; formal teaching. Also spec., the ‘instruction’ of prisoners of war, etc., in Communist doctrines, ideas, etc.; = brainwashing.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. vii. 25 Postulates, very accommodable unto Junior indoctrinations. 1668 H. More Div. Dial. iv. ix. (1713) 309 His Indoctrinations touching the Centre of the Soul in the Heart. 1842 Tait's Mag. IX. 751 A science to be understood by the indoctrination of the understanding. 1865 M. Pattison Serm. 123 The positivist knows of no other education than indoctrination. 1935 Nature 11 May 801/1 Freedom or indoctrination: an enduring dilemma of Education. 1950 Ann. Reg. 1949 188 Communist underground activities..‘subversion’ and indoctrination. 1955 Treatm. Brit. P.O.W.'s in Korea (H.M.S.O.) 8 The political education of prisoners in the North Korean camps was not, however, confined to oral indoctrination. 1956 W. H. Whyte Organization Man (1957) i. 9, I will then pick up the organization man in college, follow him through his initial indoctrination in organization life, and explore the impact of the group way upon him. 1958 Times 22 May 6/4 Men on the course would attend an indoctrination meeting. |