Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To counteract or try to counteract the effect of an indoctrination, especially a religious or cult indoctrination.
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- verb To
counteract the effects of previousprogramming orbrainwashing , especially in an attempt to persuade a person to abandon hisallegiance to acult
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Examples
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It's also true that bigots assume that sexual preference is strictly a conscious decision, and use that erroneous assumption as a bludgeon against gay people as "immoral by choice", and as an article of faith in their efforts (usually destructive) to "deprogram" gay kids.
Richardson Explains Remark On Homosexuality: "I Always Love The Word 'Choice'" 2009
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I just have to "deprogram" them after their Green-voting teacher sends them home.
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I wonder if we will see someone try to 'deprogram' the followers of the Society.
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Saudi Arabia and Egypt have both pioneered programs to "deprogram" militants and allow them to rejoin society.
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I wonder if we will see someone try to 'deprogram' the followers of the Society.
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Saudi Arabia and Egypt have both pioneered programs to "deprogram" militants and allow them to rejoin society.
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Saudi Arabia and Egypt have both pioneered programs to "deprogram" militants and allow them to rejoin society.
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Saudi Arabia and Egypt have both pioneered programs to "deprogram" militants and allow them to rejoin society.
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Saudi Arabia and Egypt have both pioneered programs to "deprogram" militants and allow them to rejoin society ....
Jihad Monitor 2010
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From saying Emeka Okafor needs to go from "getting an A in stretching to getting an A in basketball" to needing to "deprogram" Vladimir Radmanovic and offering that DeSagana Diop was in poor condition, Brown offered his players a long offseason to-do list.
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