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indoctrinator

indoctrinator

1 8.9
A person who teaches others to accept beliefs without letting them ask questions
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈdɒktrɪneɪtər/
translation icon : indoctrinador
  • So, charlatans, religious indoctrinators, holy men.

Examples

  • It may not even require an indoctrinator.

    Academic text (1997)

  • As a very young person, I believed that evolution was the way man came about, because that is what the indoctrinators taught me.

    Blog text (19)

  • Even if your indoctrinators would like you to believe otherwise.

    Blog text (19)

  • So the indoctrinators will have limited effect increasingly, and also young people.

  • Most PAS indoctrinators are not candidates for therapy.

    Blog text (15)

  • First, moral dilemmas from literature should be approached through a discussion format, with the teacher avoiding the role of lecturer and indoctrinator.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Accordingly, PAS indoctrinators know well that they can lie on the witness stand with impunity, and they try to get away with as much as they can.

    Blog text (15)

  • In some countries, the government uses schools as tools for the indoctrinator to instill a specific ideology in children.

  • The cult leader acted as an indoctrinator, teaching followers his views without encouraging any questioning.

  • Parents often worry about the indoctrinator in the media, fearing that their children will accept biased messages without critical thought.

Synonyms

ideologue
vsindoctrinator
33 9.0

A person who strongly supports certain ideas and ignores practical facts

focuses on teaching and forcing belief without allowing critical questions
persuader
vsindoctrinator
2 3.7

A person who convinces others to do or believe something

presses a fixed ideology and forbids questioning or critical thought
ideologist
vsindoctrinator
2 7.9

A person who strongly supports a set of political or social beliefs

teaches and enforces beliefs rather than merely supporting them
proselytizer
vsindoctrinator
  • US
2 8.9

A person who tries to convince others to follow a religion or belief

aims to install beliefs by instruction and blocks any doubt or challenge
brainwasher
vsindoctrinator
1 7.5

A person who makes other people believe things by lying or using force

imposes beliefs by teaching and blocks questioning instead of deception
moralizer
vsindoctrinator
1 6.3

A person who often tells others what is right or wrong

enforces strict moral beliefs and prevents doubt or critical questions
inculcator
vsindoctrinator
  • Formal
8.4

A person or thing that teaches values and habits by repeating them

requires acceptance and prevents questioning or critical thought
propagandist
vsindoctrinator
  • Literature
7.2

Showing one-sided or false information meant to help a political group

imposes beliefs in teaching settings and forbids questioning
conversionist
vsindoctrinator
  • Specialized
8.8

A person who tries to make others change their beliefs

presses a single set of beliefs and resists questioning or doubt
conversionary
vsindoctrinator
9.9

A person who tries to get others to change their religion or beliefs

uses teaching to impose belief and disallows curious or critical questions

How Forceful

brainwasher
1 7.5
indoctrinator
1 8.9
propagandist
  • Literature
15 7.8
persuader
2 3.7
teacher
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

indoctrinator singular
indoctrinators plural

Morphology

indoctrinator = indoctrinate (transparent) = indoctrinate + or

Clear agent-noun formation from the verb 'indoctrinate' using the productive suffix '-or'.

Etymology

The word indoctrinator comes from the Latin parts in- ('into') and doctrina ('teaching'), and it shares the same root as doctrine and doctor. So an indoctrinator is someone who puts a set of teachings 'into' people, which is why the word means a person who teaches fixed beliefs without allowing questions.