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misindoctrinate

misindoctrinate verb: to indoctrinate with an invalid ideology.

Verb

misindoctrinate (third-person singular simple present misindoctrinates, present participle misindoctrinating, simple past and past participle misindoctrinated)

  1. To indoctrinate with an invalid ideology.
    • True, eventually these officers and men will leave the sea service. However, prior to that time they can and probably will do much harm by way of misinforming and misindoctrinating others—tomorrow's naval leaders are included in this group.1960, Naval Institute Proceedings - Volume 86, Issues 7-12, page 106
    • The following week, I wrote to the Vietnamese military attaché in Washington D.C. suggesting that he intervene with proper authorities to have the French liaison officer removed from the school's faculty for having misindoctrinated the elite of the American officers corps, the majority of whom...2001, Quang Thi Lâm, The Twenty-five Year Century, page 111

Forms of misindoctrinate

third-person singular presentmisindoctrinates
present participlemisindoctrinating
past participlemisindoctrinated
pastmisindoctrinated

Origin of misindoctrinate

From mis- + indoctrinate.

Questions about misindoctrinate

What does misindoctrinate mean?
Misindoctrinate means to indoctrinate with an invalid ideology.
What part of speech is misindoctrinate?
Misindoctrinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of misindoctrinate?
The past tense of misindoctrinate is misindoctrinated.

Words near misindoctrinate in the dictionary

  1. misindexing
  2. misindicate
  3. misindicated
  4. misindicates
  5. misindicating
  6. misindoctrinate
  7. misindoctrinated
  8. misindoctrinates
  9. misindoctrinating
  10. misindoctrination
  11. misinfer

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