Inculcate

//ˈɪn.kʌl.keɪt//

Synonyms for "inculcate" (34 found)

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Translations

30 translations across 16 languages.

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Armenian

4 entries
  • արմատավորել verb (teach by repeated instruction)
  • արմատավորել verb (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons)
  • հաղորդել verb (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons)
  • մտցնել verb (teach by repeated instruction)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • внушавам verb (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons)
  • втълпявам verb (teach by repeated instruction)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • talim verb (teach by repeated instruction)

Czech

1 entries
  • vštípit verb (teach by repeated instruction)

Dutch

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  • inprenten verb (teach by repeated instruction)

French

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  • inculquer verb (teach by repeated instruction)

German

2 entries
  • einimpfen verb (teach by repeated instruction)
  • einschärfen verb (teach by repeated instruction)

Italian

1 entries
  • inculcare verb (teach by repeated instruction)

Latin

2 entries
  • inculcō verb (teach by repeated instruction)
  • inculcō verb (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons)

Norwegian

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  • innprente verb (teach by repeated instruction)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • inculcar verb (teach by repeated instruction)

Romanian

2 entries
  • inculca verb (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons)
  • înrădăcina verb (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons)

Russian

3 entries
  • внушать verb (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons)
  • насаждать verb (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons)
  • прививать verb (teach by repeated instruction)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • utuviti verb (teach by repeated instruction)

Spanish

2 entries
  • inculcar verb (teach by repeated instruction)
  • inculcar verb (to induce understanding or a particular sentiment in a person or persons)

Turkish

1 entries
  • telkin etmek verb (teach by repeated instruction)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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The evil of religion does not lie in the religion itself, but in its purveyors, who try to inculcate moral certainty; it is this moral certainty that leads to abuses.

Source: tatoeba (5490966)

Those impious Pigs, Who, by frequent squeaks, have dared impugn The settled Swellfoot system, or to make Irreverent mockery of the genuflexions Inculcated by the arch-priest, have been whipt Into a loyal and an orthodox whine.

Source: wiktionary

she had a perfect Parisian accent, was musical—all French women sing—had a great deal of tournure, the value of which she was always inculcating on her pupils: "La Grace plus belle que la beauté," was invariably the quotation when putting on her shawl; and, it must be confessed, that never did five English girls put on shawls to such perfection.

Source: wiktionary

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

Source: wiktionary

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