inculcate
/ˈɪnkʌlkeɪt
/verb [with object]
1Instil (an idea, attitude, or habit) by persistent instruction: I tried to inculcate in my pupils an attitude of enquiry...
- Childhood is the right time to inculcate the trait of kindness and how better can one do it than by example?
- The poet uses his imaginative freedom to doubt the presence of the spirit of Ahalya in this particular stone that inculcates the feminine charm of the sculpture.
- But the meritocratic system that produced Laura and me not only produced outsized expectations; it inculcated a belief that we deserved wonderful jobs and a comfortable lifestyle.
Synonyms
instil, implant, fix, ingrain, infuse, impress, imprint, introduce;
engender, produce, generate, induce, inspire, promote, foster;
hammer into, drum into, drive into, drill into, din into
imbue, infuse, inspire, instil;
brainwash, indoctrinate;
teach
1.1Teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction: they will try to inculcate you with a respect for culture...
- He is here when we unlearn the violence and greed we are inculcated with as Americans, and practice peacemaking and reconciliation.
- They inculcated us with the values of accomplishment and decency.
- Spoiled was my mother's resolution of the dilemma of raising a child in an environment free from prejudice, yet inculcating him with a resistance to odd and alluring temptations.
Derivatives
inculcation
/ noun ...- Education meant the inculcation of truths as dogmas, the institutionalization of habits of obedience, the subjection of the individual to the community.
- Moral education, the inculcation of values, cannot be left solely to the study of popular songs or even the wider popular culture of films and television.
- Understood in the broad sense, military indoctrination is a collective concept, which includes the entire range of methods and ways of training and inculcation of moral and psychological qualities in the personnel.
inculcator
/ noun ...- Teachers and elders as inculcators, on the one hand and law enforcers, which include the police, on the other, together share this responsibility.
- Mothers were seen as particularly well-suited to be inculcators of moral values and patriotic values.
- While the various institutions within the political, economic, and other spheres are important, the family is the primary inculcator of the moral culture in a society.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin inculcat- 'pressed in', from the verb inculcare, from in- 'into' + calcare 'to tread' (from calx, calc- 'heel').