Definition of Deprogram

1. Verb. To counteract the effects of previous programming or brainwashing, especially in an attempt to persuade a person to abandon his allegiance to a cult ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deprogram

1. [v -GRAMMED, -GRAMMING, -GRAMS, -GRAMED, -GRAMING]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deprogram

deprivatizing
deprive
deprived
deprived of(p)
deprivedly
deprivement
deprivements
depriver
deprivers
deprives
deprivilege
deprivileged
deprivileges
deprivileging
depriving
deprogram (current term)
deprogramed
deprograming
deprogramme
deprogrammed
deprogrammer
deprogrammers
deprogrammes
deprogramming
deprograms
deproject
deprojected
deprojecting
deprojection
deprojections

Literary usage of Deprogram

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Problems in Pan Americanism by Samuel Guy Inman (1921)
"Cations bel deprogram Its functions were enlarged: to compile and distribute data and information regarding commerce, industry, agriculture, education and ..."

2. From the Household to the Factory: Sex Discrimination in the Guatemalan by Judith Sunderland (2002)
"... and patient, professional efforts to deprogram misguided Falungong victims.106 According to the secretary general of the State Council's Office for the ..."

3. The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist by Jacques Vallee (1982)
"Chip Tango, now 19, can program and deprogram every computer known to man, and has absolutely no fear of the discontinuity predicted by Meyer and ..."

4. IRS Oversight: Congressional Hearings edited by William V. Roth, Jr. (1999)
"... "cult-baiting" churches that they did not like, and CAN psychologists charged susceptible parents thousands of dollars to "deprogram" their children. ..."

5. Art Works! Prevention Programs for Youth and Communities by Paula Randall (1998)
"As Lewis notes, "We had first to deprogram ourselves of what we had been taught about our history, and what we had missed." From 1989 to 1993, ..."

6. The Mars Records Book 2: Clearing Sessions with A Biofeedback Meter Where a by Stephanie Relfe (2002)
"Michael's case is unique and very important because he is one of a very handful of persons who have been able to clear, recall and deprogram the ..."

7. Changing Perspectives by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"THE COMPONENTS Originally the physical components thought to be necessary to program/deprogram were rather complex and cumbersome.. .enough “laboratory ..."

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