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doutrinar.

to indoctrinate (to teach with a biased or one-sided ideology)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/do(w).tɾiˈna(ʁ)/Brazil[do(ʊ̯).tɾiˈna(h)]Brazil/do(w).tɾiˈna(ɾ)/São-Paulo[do(ʊ̯).tɾiˈna(ɾ)]São-Paulo

to indoctrinate (to teach with a biased or one-sided ideology)

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Ancient Greek διδάσκω (didáskō)sl. Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin doctor Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusnom. Latin -īna Latin doctrīnaslbor. Portuguese doutrina Portuguese -ar Portuguese doutrinar From doutrina + -ar.

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