1
as in to suffuse
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
dedicated teachers inculcating young minds with a love of learning
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as in to plant
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a malcontent who inculcated in his offspring an abiding distrust of all civil authority
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Recent Examples of inculcate
This is generally seen as a positive, a sign that there’s a noble human tendency to be guided by our own internal moral compass, to remain faithful to the beliefs inculcated or passed on to us by our parents, caregivers, or cultural upbringing.
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
In his autobiography, Franklin recounts his plan to inculcate virtue and expel vice.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024
Her winding life path inculcated her with adaptability and open-mindedness, but constantly changing environments resulted in a questionable sense of self-identity.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
The Palestinians are creating the terrorists by inculcating their children with hatred and demonizing Jews.
—Evan Nierman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2024
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
In his autobiography, Franklin recounts his plan to inculcate virtue and expel vice.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024
Her winding life path inculcated her with adaptability and open-mindedness, but constantly changing environments resulted in a questionable sense of self-identity.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
The Palestinians are creating the terrorists by inculcating their children with hatred and demonizing Jews.
—Evan Nierman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculcate
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They are also suffused with a subtle but withering social satire.—
Richard Fausset,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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But there’s a tender vulnerability to his characters, and the daffy empathy that suffuses the writing is unique to Arbery.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Fortunately, most vegetable seeds are easy–they can be planted right away.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Feb. 2025
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The style had been around since at least the ‘80s, and back then, it was firmly planted in our cultural mindset as a garment reserved solely for mothers.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
14 Feb. 2025
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Lastly, boat pose can imbue you with a pretty awesome sense of accomplishment, Dr. Harding says.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
19 Feb. 2025
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All the while, Hegde and Kamdar ensure that the camera lingers just long enough before cutting away, imbuing the frame with a sense of spiritual mystery each time the camera lands on a human face, or a religious statuette.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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Animal welfare organizations have long advocated for regulating purebred breeders, due to the many purebred pets that face neglect or abandonment after being bred in unsanitary conditions or for profit, something that Helen Woodward Animal Center echoes.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Shirley poppies, bred from corn poppies outside Shirley, England, in the 1880s, come up in red, pink, rose, lilac, salmon and white.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
15 Feb. 2025
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For smoother, more comfortable wear, eyeliners infused with soothing ingredients like botanical oils, hyaluronic acid, or vitamin E are a safe bet.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
17 Feb. 2025
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There’s a way in which technology is so deeply sort of infused with our muscles.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2025
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Earnings statements from mega-hyperscales such as Alphabet’s Google and Meta also instilled confidence, as both firms committed to multi-billion dollar investments following the tech sell-off.—
April Roach,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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For Andy, his decision to pay his sister’s rent was a natural extension of the values their late mother instilled in him.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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What’s more, she’s now embedded in a family of vampires who keep emphasizing how good her blood smells.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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Contextualizing a woman’s death by embedding it into a show about how happy but also stressed the Baldwins are as a result of her death is … grim.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Will that interest translate into new fans, who might have rooted on the River Cats — and therefore the Giants — but will now switch major-league allegiances to the vagabond A’s?—
Evan Webeck,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Both simple and secretive, hinting at drama and revelations, and promising to root us firmly in Agnes’ world.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Inculcate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcate. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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