deprogram
verb (used with object)
to free (a convert) from the influence of a religious cult, political indoctrination, etc., by intensive persuasion or reeducation.
deprogrammer
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a word derived from
deprogram.
Example Sentences
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Ross is the preeminent cult deprogrammer in the United States and the head of the Cult Education Institute, a nonprofit library with archived information about cults.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2022
In 1986, Ross left to become a full-time private consultant and cult deprogrammer.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2022
Salzman also admitted to altering videos of herself that were to be used in a lawsuit against anti-cult "deprogrammer" Rick Alan Ross.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2021
She also sought private bank records of several people, including the Seagram magnate Edgar Bronfman and the cult deprogrammer Rick Ross, and altered evidence to be produced in a lawsuit in New Jersey, prosecutors wrote.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2021
In reality, the deprogrammer was often no less a huckster than the gurus he sought to unseat.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2015
