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indoctrinatory

indoctrinatory adjective: serving to indoctrinate.

Adjective

indoctrinatory (comparative more indoctrinatory, superlative most indoctrinatory)

  1. Serving to indoctrinate.

Forms of indoctrinatory

comparativemore indoctrinatory
superlativemost indoctrinatory

Origin of indoctrinatory

From indoctrinate + -ory.

Questions about indoctrinatory

What does indoctrinatory mean?
Indoctrinatory means serving to indoctrinate.
What part of speech is indoctrinatory?
Indoctrinatory is an adjective.

Words near indoctrinatory in the dictionary

  1. indoctrination
  2. indoctrinational
  3. indoctrinations
  4. indoctrinator
  5. indoctrinators
  6. indoctrinatory
  7. indoctrine
  8. indoctrined
  9. indoctrinee
  10. indoctrinees
  11. indoctrines

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