Definition of "deprogram" []

• To counteract or try to counteract the effect of an indoctrination, especially a religious or cult indoctrination. (verb-transitive)

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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."
• "I just have to "deprogram" them after their Green-voting teacher sends them home."
• "Saudi Arabia and Egypt have both pioneered programs to "deprogram" militants and allow them to rejoin society."