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inculcation

inculcation

1 8.7
Teaching something again and again so people learn it
  • noun
  • /ˌɪn.kəlˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : inculcación
  • Parents play a significant role in the inculcation of values in their children.
  • inculcation of values
  • inculcation of belief

Examples

  • Children are especially vulnerable to inculcation, and teachers can be overzealous in their portrayal of the first ten amendments.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Such programs are often referred to as values inculcation, values indoctrination, or character education.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Or perhaps the solution will take another route, with the state playing a larger role in the inculcation of gender identity.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Community, in turn, is built through the inculcation of these values within the military by education, not institutional devices.

    Academic text (1996)
  • In social work education, service learning can enhance the inculcation of social work values and ethics.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Religion, by its very nature, is intent on the inculcation of specific systems of belief and behavior.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Research into the role tourism may play in the inculcation of ethical behavior is relatively scarce.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The chief aim of Proverbs seems to be the inculcation of wisdom as the means to social tranquility and a happy life.

  • In U.S. schools, the curriculum is—with few exceptions—a blissfully romantic inculcation of "the American way."

    Academic text (1999)
  • The teacher focused on the inculcation of good study habits in her students.

Synonyms

instilling
vsinculcation
  • US
5.8

To teach someone an idea, habit, or belief by repeating it over time

is the general term for the teaching act without the gradual focus
ingraining
vsinculcation
7.4

Teaching something again and again so it becomes part of the mind

focuses on teaching through instruction rather than making ideas feel firmly fixed

Antonyms

1 7.7

The act of trying to stop someone from doing something

How Strong

inculcation
  • Formal
1 8.7
instruction
141 1.9
suggestion
759 1.4

Surface Forms

inculcation singular
inculcations plural

Morphology

inculcation = inculcate (transparent) = inculcate + ion

Standard nominalization of the verb 'inculcate' with '-ion', producing 'the act or process of inculcating', a direct derivative.

Etymology

Inculcation comes from Latin roots in- 'into' and calcare 'to tread' or 'press down'. Think of it as 'pressing' an idea into someone's mind by repeating it, which is why inculcation means teaching or fixing an idea, attitude, or habit by constant instruction.