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ออกเสียง inculcate = ‘in-KUHL-keyt’ or ‘IN-kuhl-keyt’

ออกเสียง indoctrinate = ‘in-DOK-truh-neyt’

 

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

inculcate & indoctrinate

These words mean “to teach,” 

but to teach 

by repeated statements, 

by direct advice, 

by pointed suggestion: 

”By lecturing earnestly and persistently, 

the professor inculcated is his students a love for good literature.

 

He indoctrinated them with 

the underlying theories of creative imagination.”

 

The Latin word from which inculcate is derived means “stamped” or “trodden,” 

thus emphasizing the idea of forceful instruction. 

 

Indoctrinate suggests doctrine, 

so that the word is usually applied to teaching 

that involves principles and ideas, 

especially religious, or moral doctrines and beliefs.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Choose the Right Synonym for inculcate

IMPLANT, INCULCATE, INSTILL, INSEMINATE, INFIX 

mean to introduce into the mind. 

 

IMPLANT implies teaching that makes for 

permanence of what is taught. 

implanted a love of reading in her students 

 

INCULCATE implies persistent or repeated efforts 

to impress on the mind.  

tried to inculcate in him high moral standards  

 

INSTILL stresses gradual, gentle imparting of knowledge 

over a long period of time. 

instill traditional values in your children 

 

INSEMINATE applies to a sowing of ideas in many minds 

so that they spread through a class or nation. 

inseminated an unquestioning faith in technology 

 

INFIX stresses firmly inculcating a habit of thought. 

infixed a chronic cynicism

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Did You Know?

Inculcate derives from 

the past participle of the Latin verb inculcare, 

meaning "to tread on." 

In Latin, "inculcare" 

possesses both literal and figurative meanings, 

referring to either the act of walking over something 

or to that of impressing something upon the mind, 

often by way of steady repetition. 

It is the figurative sense that survives with "inculcate," 

which was first used in English in the 16th century. 

"Inculcare" was formed in Latin 

by combining the prefix in- with calcare, 

meaning "to trample,"

and ultimately derives from the noun calx, 

meaning "heel." 

 

In normal usage "inculcate" is typically 

followed by the prepositions "in" or "into," 

with the object of the preposition 

being the person or thing receiving the instruction.

 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Did You Know?

Indoctrinate simply means "brainwash" to many people. 

But its meaning isn't always so negative. 

 

When this verb first appeared in English in the 17th century, 

it simply meant "to teach"-

a meaning that followed logically from its Latin root.

The "doc" in the middle of indoctrinate 

derives from the Latin verb docēre, which also means "to teach."

 

Other offspring of "docēre" include "docent" 

(referring to a college professor or a museum guide), "docile,"

"doctor," "doctrine," and "document." 

It was not until the 19th century that "indoctrinate" 

began to see regular use in the sense of 

causing someone to absorb 

and take on certain opinions or principles.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

'indoctrinate'

Our antedating of the week is indoctrinate, 

because it seems like someone is always 

trying to indoctrinate someone or other. 

The word is now most commonly used in 

the sense “to imbue with a usually partisan 

or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle”; 

its earliest meaning, however, 

was “to instruct especially in fundamentals or rudiments.”