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counterindoctrination

counterindoctrination noun: indoctrination against a previously imparted doctrine.

Noun

counterindoctrination (uncountable)

  1. indoctrination against a previously imparted doctrine
    • Counts argued that capitalism could not be reconstructed into a more humane social order unless conservative indoctrination to which students were subjected in schools (and elsewhere) was challenged by radical counterindoctrination.2014, David W. Hursh, E. Wayne Ross, Democratic Social Education: Social Studies for Social Change

Origin of counterindoctrination

From counter- + indoctrination.

Questions about counterindoctrination

What does counterindoctrination mean?
Counterindoctrination means indoctrination against a previously imparted doctrine.
What part of speech is counterindoctrination?
Counterindoctrination is a noun.

Words near counterindoctrination in the dictionary

  1. counterindications
  2. counterindoctrinate
  3. counterindoctrinated
  4. counterindoctrinates
  5. counterindoctrinating
  6. counterindoctrination
  7. counterinduction
  8. counterinductions
  9. counterinflammatory
  10. counterinflation
  11. counterinflationary

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