catechism
A catechism is a manual of doctrine that indefinitely postpones genuine questions and submerges participants in rote recitations. It functions less as mental exercise than as a ceremony of thought suspension. Free inquiry is excluded, leaving only sanctioned answers in a textbook bondage. The scripted dialogue between instructor and listener is little more than soulless chorus practice. Example: He suppressed a minor doubt and reflexively uttered "Amen" for the hundredth time.