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Teaching that discourages questions, leaving little room to think for oneself.
means Teaching someone a set of beliefs so thoroughly and one-sidedly that they stop questioning them.
from From Latin in- ("into") plus doctrina ("teaching, body of knowledge"), itself from docere, "to teach" — the same root that gives us doctor and doctrine. Originally it just meant instructing someone in a subject, no sinister undertones at all. The word darkened over the 20th century as it became attached to propaganda and totalitarian education systems, until "indoctrinate" stopped meaning "teach" and started meaning "teach without letting the student think."
- vs teaching
- teaching invites questions, this punishes them
- key tell
- certainty arrives before the evidence does
- favorite tool
- repetition disguised as truth
- root meaning
- literally just means to teach doctrine