indoctrinations
Systematic belief impositions
Indoctrinations are instances or processes of teaching someone to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.
The word carries negative connotations—suggesting manipulation rather than education: The cult's indoctrinations began with isolation from family.
Political and religious contexts dominate: years of ideological indoctrinations, the indoctrinations of childhood.
Religious teaching guide
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- theologyStudy of the divine
sectarianism · proselytism · evangelism · conversion · fundamentalism · radicalization · cult · brainwashing
Guidance for action
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
drilling · inculcation · instillation · teaching · schooling · discipleship · mentorship · apprenticeship
Biased information for influence
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
fascism · totalitarianism · authoritarianism · regime · party · manifesto · rhetoric · conformity
catechism
Religious teaching guide
theology · sectarianism · proselytism · evangelism · conversion · fundamentalism · radicalization · cult · brainwashing · devotion
instruction
Guidance for action
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
conditioning · drilling · inculcation · instillation · teaching · schooling · discipleship · mentorship · apprenticeship · coaching
propaganda
Biased information for influence
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- socialismCommunal economic control
communism · fascism · totalitarianism · authoritarianism · regime · party · manifesto · rhetoric · conformity · obedience
indoctrinationsfree inquiry
Unrestrained pursuit of knowledge
critical thinking · Socratic method · critical inquiry · scientific inquiry · liberal education
indoctrinationsliberations
Acts of freeing captives
emancipations · enlightenments · empowerments · awakenings · intellectual freedom
indoctrinationsdeprogrammings
Reversals of brainwashing
disillusionment · unlearning · deradicalization · disenchantment · apostasy
- political indoctrinationImposed ideological belief training
- cult indoctrinationCoercive belief implantation