instilled
Dripped into mind
Instilled is the past tense of instill, meaning to introduce gradually into someone's mind or character.
Parents instill values in their children; teachers instill a love of learning.
The word suggests patient, repeated effort rather than sudden transmission: The coach instilled discipline through years of practice.
The image is of liquid dripped slowly into a vessel.
Implanted by persistent teaching
- taughtImparted knowledge to
- impartedCommunicated or transmitted
- indoctrinatedTaught beliefs uncritically
- educatedHaving received formal instruction
instructed · mentored · coached · drilled · trained · schooled · tutored · ingrained
Spread thoroughly through
- imbuedPervaded with feeling
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- steepedSaturated by soaking
- suffusedSpread throughout completely
pervaded · penetrated · seeped · absorbed · diffused · ingrained · entrenched · embedded
Learned behavioral adaptation
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
repetition · consistency · regularity · automaticity · second-nature · entrenchment · acclimatization · familiarization
Foundational moral beliefs
- moralsPrinciples of right conduct
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
- virtuesPositive moral traits
character · integrity · discipline · respect · responsibility · duty · honor · conscience
Trust in one's capabilities
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- courageFortitude facing danger
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- determinationFirmness of purpose
resilience · empowerment · self-esteem · poise · conviction · fortitude · tenacity · grit
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- warinessCautious distrust
caution · paranoia · unease · intimidation · foreboding · trepidation · alarm · phobia
inculcated
Implanted by persistent teaching
- taughtImparted knowledge to
- impartedCommunicated or transmitted
- indoctrinatedTaught beliefs uncritically
educated · instructed · mentored · coached · drilled · trained · schooled · tutored · ingrained · impressed
permeated
Spread thoroughly through
suffused · pervaded · penetrated · seeped · absorbed · diffused · ingrained · entrenched · embedded · rooted
conditioning
Learned behavioral adaptation
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
discipline · repetition · consistency · regularity · automaticity · second-nature · entrenchment · acclimatization · familiarization · reinforcement
principles
Foundational moral beliefs
virtues · character · integrity · discipline · respect · responsibility · duty · honor · conscience · ideals
self-belief
Trust in one's capabilities
determination · resilience · empowerment · self-esteem · poise · conviction · fortitude · tenacity · grit · spirit
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
wariness · caution · paranoia · unease · intimidation · foreboding · trepidation · alarm · phobia · distrust
- conditionedtrained, habituated, programmed, adapted, shaped
- deeply rootedingrained, entrenched, deep-seated, rooted, embedded
instillederadicated
Totally destroyed or removed
removed · eliminated · uprooted · rooted out · expunged