inculcating

Teaching through repetition

Inculcating is the present participle of inculcate, meaning to instill ideas or habits through persistent instruction or repetition.

The word implies deliberate, sustained effort to fix something in someone's mind: The school focused on inculcating good study habits, Years of propaganda succeeded in inculcating fear of outsiders.

Often carries a slightly formal or institutional tone.

education

teaching

Profession of instructing others

lesson · classroom · instruction · schooling · learning · values · morals · principles · indoctrination · training

parenting

raising

Lifting or nurturing

modeling · guidance · children · habits · manners · character · family · tradition · beliefs · virtue

institutional

propaganda

Biased information for influence

patriotism · civic · loyalty · allegiance · compliance · socialization · norms · culture · organizational · corporate

religious

doctrine

Established body of teachings

devotion · piety · orthodoxy · dogma · creed · belief · worship · rituals · commandments · morality

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teaching method intensity

inculcatingglossing over

Superficially covering faults

skimming · passing over · neglecting · ignoring · omitting

implanting vs. removing beliefs

inculcatingdeprogramming

Reversing coercive belief implantation

deconditioning · disabusing · eradicating · uprooting · unlearning

influence direction

inculcatingdiscouraging

Causing loss of confidence

dissuading · deterring · discrediting · undermining · questioning

Family

inculcation

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