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- verb Present participle of
deprogram . - verb Present participle of
deprogramme .
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Family, friends to stand trial for kidnapping in deprogramming attempt 2008
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You must be nicer to Muslims, Britain is told by UN human rights chiefs 2008
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If Saudi methods call to mind the deprogramming of brainwashed cult members, that’s no coincidence — Saudi government officials speak of al-Qaeda as a cult, and they believe that deprogramming is exactly what is called for.
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If Saudi methods call to mind the deprogramming of brainwashed cult members, that’s no coincidence — Saudi government officials speak of al-Qaeda as a cult, and they believe that deprogramming is exactly what is called for.
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I think you and Patrick5 can compete for a leadership roll in deprogramming.
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If by 'Aeron chair and did something unspeakable to me which he called "deprogramming"', you meant that it was a seat-less Aeron chair, and you were ball-flogged James Bond-style by Ira Glass, then I'd like to hear more about the experience...
Clothes-Minded: You Are What You Wear BikeSnobNYC 2009
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While my decision was motivated solely by his promise to lower the price of chocolate milk in the school cafeteria, apparently he was also a staunch conservative with a strong pro-life stance, and it was only after the Chief Inspector strapped me into an Aeron chair and did something unspeakable to me which he called "deprogramming" that they finally allowed the piece to air.
Clothes-Minded: You Are What You Wear BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Tapes, released to reporters, of LaRouche "deprogramming" White show LaRouche shouting at White, sounds of weeping and vomiting, and complaints by White that he is being deprived of sleep, food and cigarettes, a published report said.
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Correcting for unhealthy psychological frameworks in one's mind by deconstructing them and replacing them with normal ones. The term usually refers to the process needed to extract a loved from an abusive cult that indoctrinates followers. It is also a staple of post-traumatic counseling, and of helping harrowed soldiers recover from shell shock or brainwashing that they may have endured as prisoners of war.
October 23, 2007