inculcates

Drums into minds

Inculcates means teaches through persistent repetition or emphasis, often implying the instilling of ideas, habits, or values: The program inculcates discipline in young recruits.

The word suggests deliberate, sustained effort to fix something in someone's mind, sometimes with a hint of indoctrination: Years of training had inculcated an instinct for caution.

educational

teaches

Gives lessons to others

curriculum · schools · mentors · instructs · drills · educators · classrooms · pedagogy · tutors · lectures

moral

values

Principles held worthwhile

character · beliefs · morals · conscience · integrity · righteousness · duty · honor · standards · norms

authoritarian

propaganda

Biased information for influence

indoctrination · brainwashing · conformity · obedience · loyalty · state · conditioning · dogma · compliance · submission

cultural

traditions

Long-established customs passed down

  • customsTraditional practices or import taxes
  • heritageInherited cultural legacy
  • ritualsCeremonial repeated practices

practices · identity · norms · socialization · elders · ancestors · ceremonies · folklore · language · religion

Opposites
persistence/intensity of transmission

inculcatessuggests

Conveys indirectly

mentions · floats · tosses out · glosses over · hints

direction of knowledge/belief

inculcateseradicates

Destroys utterly and completely

deprograms · extirpates · uproots · purges · expunges

agency and authority

inculcatesneglects

Fails to care for

ignores · leaves alone

Family

inculcate, inculcation, inculcated, inculcating

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