Definition of Inculcation

1. Noun. Teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition.

Exact synonyms: Ingraining, Instilling
Generic synonyms: Indoctrination
Derivative terms: Inculcate, Instill, Instill

Definition of Inculcation

1. n. A teaching and impressing by frequent repetitions.

Definition of Inculcation

1. Noun. The teaching of something by using frequent repetition ¹

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Definition of Inculcation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inculcation

incudate
incudectomy
incudes
incudiform
incudiform uterus
incudomalleal
incudomalleolar articulation
incudomalleolar joint
incudostapedial
incudostapedial articulation
incudostapedial joint
inculcate
inculcated
inculcates
inculcating
inculcation (current term)
inculcations
inculcator
inculcators
inculk
inculked
inculking
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inculpability
inculpable
inculpableness
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inculpate
inculpated
inculpates

Literary usage of Inculcation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"What the Church accomplished in the course of the centuries for the raising of the standard of morality, in the widest sense, by the inculcation of the ..."

2. The British Essayists edited by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"On the excellency of an early inculcation of religious principles, in respect to every object of education—Story of ..."

3. China's Only Hope: An Appeal by Zhidong Zhang, Chih-tung Chang, Samuel Isett Woodbridge (1900)
"... CHAPTER II THE inculcation OF LOYALTY No Dynasty since the Han [about the beginning of the Christian era] and T'ang has exhibited a greater benevolence ..."

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