Indoctrinators

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. People who systematically teach others to accept a set of beliefs without question, often by repetition and pressure
2. Those who instill a particular ideology or doctrine into others, shaping their thinking until they accept it uncritically
3. Persons engaged in forcibly or persistently imparting a fixed belief system to individuals, especially the young or impressionable

Etymology: "Indoctrinators" is the plural of "indoctrinator," which is formed from the verb "indoctrinate" plus the agent suffix "-or," meaning one who performs the action. The verb itself is built from "in-," meaning "into," and "doctrine," from Latin "doctrina," a body of teaching, which comes from "doctor," teacher. So the core idea is literally teaching someone into a set of beliefs. Those who indoctrinate are, in plain terms, the people doing the teaching-in. The suffix "-or," inherited through Latin and Old French, is the same ending found in words like "editor" and "tutor," which likewise name the person who carries out an action.

Synonyms: propagandist, brainwasher