reindoctrinate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ indoctrinate

Verb[edit]

reindoctrinate (third-person singular simple present reindoctrinates, present participle reindoctrinating, simple past and past participle reindoctrinated)

  1. To indoctrinate again.
    • 1958, A.M.A. Archives of Industrial Health, page 13:
      Reindoctrinate these men in the use of personal protective devices on the assumption that the temporary elevation of hearing level above the monitor limit may have been due to imperfect protection.
    • 1993, Edward H. Scissons, Counseling for Results: Principles and Practices of Helping, page 10:
      Counseling should help clients to confront their value systems and reindoctrinate themselves with different values, beliefs, and ideas.
    • 2017, Larry B. Stell, The People Hitler Left Behind:
      She wanted to reindoctrinate me and get me back on the right path, to again become the American I should have been all along.