Inculcate

Quick meaning: Inculcate is a verb meaning (transitive) To teach by repeated instruction.

Meaning

(transitive) To teach by repeated instruction.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons.
2. (as a participle, obsolete) Inculcated.

Example Sentences

Wee had neede to haue the word of God often inculcate and beaten vpon vs.

The right defense against false sentiments is to inculcate just sentiments.

But wordless conditioning […] cannot inculcate the more complex courses of behaviour.

The institutional forces — school, psychiatry, police — that inculcate conformity and enforce heterosexuality in gay youth.

Word Forms

• inculcates
• inculcating
• inculcated

Synonyms for inculcate

Depending on context, synonyms include instill, ingrain, infuse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include instill, infuse, instruct, educate, indoctrinate, teach.

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