Indoctrination

Indoctrination
Indoctrination In*doc`tri*na"tion, n. The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated; instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science or system of belief; information. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

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