Indoctrination into/about

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...our indoctrination into/about the evils of...Which is it? into or about? Or both?

Marius Hancu · Accepted Answer

I'd rather have the full context.

First, indoctrination about:

Mind you, it can be used about educating company personnel:
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... all personnel, supervisory or otherwise, receive indoctrination about, and become thoroughly familiar with, fire hazards ...
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Now you can also have indoctrination about "evils":

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... Then again, perhaps the indoctrination about the evils of body fat has been so thorough that the unquestioned acceptance ...
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Marius Hancu · Answer

And you can also have indoctrination into:

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The perils of conventional education: excerpts from The Way of Wonder: The indoctrination into the dogma of false certitude begins at birth, accelerates exponentially through the ubiquitous incarceration called school. ... Cioran observes: "...all of life's evils come from a conception of life ...
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Qim · Answer

Ok! take this:

Their only reason was our indoctrination into/about the evils of communism

BarbaraPA · Answer

If the writer actually became a Communist, then "into." But if the writer was only lectured on "the evils," then use "about."

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