Deprogram

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To counteract or try to counteract the effect of an indoctrination, especially a religious or cult indoctrination.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To counteract the effects of previous programming or brainwashing, especially in an attempt to persuade a person to abandon his allegiance to a cult
  • Word Usage
    "I just have to "deprogram" them after their Green-voting teacher sends them home."