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indoctrination

[in-dok-truh-ney-shuhn] / ɪnˌdɒk trəˈneɪ ʃən /
NOUN
propagandism
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It’s a piece of working Party doctrine—Xi unveiled it in 2017 and made it the centerpiece of an indoctrination campaign every cadre had to recite.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

For Shipka, it was her true indoctrination into this wild world.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2026

The court said: "The family strongly support the provision of religious education provided it does not amount to indoctrination."

From BBC Nov. 19, 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

They had been subjected to twelve years of Nazi propaganda and indoctrination.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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