What does instilling mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
inculcation, ingraining, instillingnoun
teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
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instilling
Instilling refers to the act of gradually but firmly establishing an idea, value, attitude, or certain qualities into a person's mind or character. It often involves continuous teaching or influence to ensure that what is being instilled has a lasting impact.
Webster Dictionary
Instilling
of Instill
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of instilling in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of instilling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of instilling in a Sentence
As fighters, they have a reputation that goes back centuries of being ferocious and instilling fear among invading armies that tried and failed to crush them. So, you end up with Chechen characters in novels by Tolstoy and Pushkin, some of the great literary giants of Russian literature, and this fear of the Chechens fighter is not for nothing.
The situation in Minneapolis is no longer in any way about the murder of George Floyd, its about attacking civil society, instilling fear and disrupting our great cities.
( My teammates) just kept instilling me with their confidence that they had, down the stretch I just knew if the ball came to me, I knew I had to shoot it.
ISIS is integrating children into its project in a way that is more reminiscent of a state than a non-state actor. It's thinking with the long term in mind. It's not just bringing children into its ranks and using them immediately on the battlefield. What it's doing is bringing them in, indoctrinating them, training them, spending a lot of time instilling them with jihadist ideology.
Education, which was at first made universal in order that all might be able to read and write, has been found capable of serving quite other purposes. By instilling nonsense it unifies populations and generates collective enthusiasm.
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