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instilling

instilling

1 5.8
To teach someone an idea, habit, or belief by repeating it over time
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈstɪlɪŋ/
  • US
: inculcación
  • Parents play a crucial role in instilling values such as honesty and kindness in their children.

It's decades of instilling this, this obedience.

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Examples

  • I mean, school is always about instilling the agreed upon values of the community.

  • But yes, we need to be instilling values that lead to self discovery and self improvement.

  • This is your last shot to start instilling some respect and some discipline in them.

  • It's decades of instilling this, this obedience.

    The Try Guys

  • What I have learnt is the importance of cultural values instilling in them when they're very young.

  • Our ideals and our values can be learned, but instilling them into our character that's earned their practice.

    Stanford

  • The teacher focused on instilling a love for reading in her students through daily book sessions.

  • Community programs aim at instilling civic responsibility among young people through volunteer work.

Synonyms

inculcation
vsinstilling
  • Formal
1 8.7

Teaching something again and again so people learn it

is the more general gradual way of teaching by repetition
ingraining
vsinstilling
1 7.4

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

is gradual teaching that emphasizes steady repetition rather than firm entrenchment

How Strong

inculcation
  • Formal
1 8.7
instilling
  • US
1 5.8
teaching
404 1.0
suggestion
602 1.4

Surface Forms

instilling singular
instillings plural

Morphology

instilling = instill (transparent) = instill + ing

Formed by adding the productive gerund/nominalizing suffix '-ing' to the verb 'instill', so the meaning 'the act of instilling' is directly derived.

Etymology

Instilling comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and stillare 'to drip'. Think of putting an idea into someone drop by drop, like the same root in distill, so to instill means to teach or build a habit slowly and steadily.