Definition of deprogramme in English:
deprogramme
(US deprogram)
verbdeprogramed, deprogramming, deprograming, deprogrammes, deprogrammed, deprogramsdiːˈprəʊɡram-ɡrəm
[with object]Release (someone) from apparent brainwashing, typically that of a religious cult, by the systematic reindoctrination of conventional values.
some parents managed to induce back their children and deprogramme them from the cult
Example sentencesExamples
- Or should I work on deprogramming myself from discomfort related to thoughts?
- It isn't a matter of informing the mind, but of deprogramming the body.
- Then deprogramme yourself if you think you want to be rid of this kind attitude.
- The problem with him was that he'd been deprogrammed.
- How do I tell them about my religious practices and my choice to go ‘public’ without them trying to have me committed and deprogrammed?
- Must every religious convert be deprogrammed?
- It takes seven weeks of hard work to train recruiters to become better public speakers and deprogram them a little bit out of their Corps habits so they can be more approachable to young, impressionable civilians.
- It's like dealing with a cult member - you have to engage in deprogramming before you can even get a person to see logic.
- I think that there should be a period of ‘cooling off’, or deprogramming that is mandatory before soldiers who have seen combat are returned to society.
- Her family panic and lure her home to be deprogrammed by an exit counsellor from the States.
- To attempt to deprogram those who have been lured away is not nearly enough.
- Marge tries her hand at deprogramming after her family is brainwashed by a religious cult.
- If you really want to move on with your life, you must deprogram yourself. To begin, assess the situation.
- Thankfully several of my friends got me out and deprogrammed from the brainwashing I had been through.
- So before they ship out, the Marines are undertaking what amounts to a massive deprogramming campaign for their own troops.