Why this word is great
INDOCTRINATE — [Verb] To teach or instruct someone in a biased or uncritical manner, often to instill a particular ideology. From Latin in- ("into") + Medieval Latin doctrīnāre ("to teach"), from Latin doctrina ("teaching, doctrine") + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Unlike "educate" (which implies open inquiry) or "brainwash" (which suggests coercion), "indoctrinate" occupies the middle ground—a slow, systematic shaping of thought, not by force but by omission. It is the schoolroom where only one history is taught, the sermon that brooks no questions, the bedtime story that whispers not just morals but mandates. To indoctrinate is to build a house of belief without ever handing over the keys.