Developing his idea of "civic rearmament", he said the inculcation of French Republican values in schoolchildren was the key to "France remaining France".

In an ideal world, Langa and other researchers say, efforts to prevent dementia would begin in childhood with strong investments in education and the inculcation of healthy habits.

Adults get their inculcation from state television, where political shows — one is called “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin.” — drive home the narrative of a fascist coup in Ukraine and a West bent on Russia’s destruction.

People of faith, and those of no religion, should not have to support the inculcation of beliefs with which they disagree.

Its inculcation into our daily lives feels, in some ways, like either a simultaneous event — or a driver — of our present undoing.