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indoctrination

Another word for "propaganda".
"I prefer to say the word 'propaganda' instead of 'indoctrination'. But that's me."
-me
indoctrination by Dave February 9, 2004

Indoctrination Camp 

A place a human-being is sent against their will to receive a washing of the brain, so as to stamp out independent thought and deep contemplation associated with meta-cognition and philosophy. An indoctrination camp will relentlessly smash into the brain of unsuspecting children ideas such as Germ Theory, Theory of Evolution, Dinosaurs, Helio-centrism etc, etc.
Sheep: Gonna send my little Johnny to the indoctrination camps so he can get his PHD and continue to push the absurdities of the modern world into the next generations.
Sarah: Are you stupid?

government indoctrination center 

A public school. Used by advocates of homeschooling and school choice, and also advocates of extremely limited government, because these people believe that government-funded schools much necessarily be overtly favourable to government and unnecessarily unfavourable toward the private sector.
Yes you will have to pay the full cost of your child's education while continuing to pay the taxes that support government indoctrination centers, but the tradeoff is worth it.

The faster we close down government indoctrination centers, the more likely we can still restore America.

If you spend twelve to sixteen years in government indoctrination centers learning that government has the role, responsibility and authority to oversee all relationships and organizations, you naturally assume that includes the church and the family.

indoctrination

A word people like to use when other people try to teach their kids something that they don't agree with.
Indoctrination Example 1
Liberal Teacher: Today class we are going to learn about LGBT issues.
Conservative Parent: Stop indoctrinating my child to be a fag!

Indoctrination Example 2
Conservative Teacher: Today class we are going to learn about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
Secular Parent: Stop indoctrinating my child to be a fundie!
indoctrination by gay fundie June 17, 2009

Indoctrination

Something that people believe happens at universities even though it doesn't. People are claiming that universities institutionalized indoctrination centers that brainwash students into believing woke ideology. In reality, going to university exposes you to new ideas which in turn teaches you to view the world differently, but that is not the same thing as indoctrination.
Person 1: That girl went to Portland State University and has been through a bunch of woke indoctrination. She now believes that man made climate change is real, trans women are women, and that there are more than two genders.
Person 2: I'm sorry, but all those things she believes are right. Humans are absolutely the cause of climate change, and your biology does not determine your gender
Indoctrination by nilethe146 September 26, 2023

Indoctrination of mindless conformity 

Indoctrination with the sole purpose of getting people to mindlessly conform (i.e without asking too many intellectual questions) to your way of thinking
The purpose of modern of modern education isn't just propaganda by itself, it's indoctrination of mindless conformity, no questions asked
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proper lad 

a lad that is such a lad that he is a proper lad
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person2: ya he was a proper lad
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
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