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INSTILLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does instilling mean?
• INSTILLING (noun)
The noun INSTILLING has 1 sense:
1. teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
Familiarity information: INSTILLING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
inculcation; ingraining; instilling
Hypernyms ("instilling" is a kind of...):
indoctrination (teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically)
Derivation:
instill (teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions)
instill (produce or try to produce a vivid impression of)
Context examples
The procedure of instilling saline or other fluids into the amniotic cavity using an intrauterine catheter.
(Amnioinfusion, NCI Thesaurus)
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