To help a person abandon support for violent or extremist beliefs and conduct.
Reach for it when describing a rights-respecting process aimed at reducing commitment to violence
The program aims to deradicalize recruits through counseling and education.
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playful
deprogram
Fits when leaving coercive indoctrination is described informally
Careful Deprogram is contested, can imply coercion, and is unsuitable for rights-based professional work.
warm
counsel
Fits when guided conversation and support are the intervention
Careful Counsel names a method and cannot promise deradicalization.
professional
disengage
Fits when ending participation in a violent group is the immediate goal
Careful A person can disengage behaviorally while retaining the ideology.
professional
Fits when rebuilding safe social functioning after harmful conduct is central
Careful Rehabilitation covers behavior and capacity without identifying extremist belief.
professional
Fits when safe return to family and community is the focus
Careful Reintegration can occur without a verified change in beliefs.
formal
Fits when views move away from an extreme position
Careful Moderate can stigmatize lawful dissent and says nothing about violence.
attempt to deradicalize
The service will attempt to deradicalize participants without coercing belief.
help deradicalize
Long-term mentors may help deradicalize people leaving violent networks.
program to deradicalize
The program to deradicalize recruits includes education and family support.
Keep in mind
Radical labels can be politically abused; this sense is limited to support for violent or extremist conduct and does not treat lawful dissent as a condition to cure.
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