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counterindoctrination

counterindoctrination

9.9
Teaching people to question and reject biased ideas
  • noun
  • /ˌkaʊntərˌɪnˌdɒktrɪˈneɪʃən/
translation icon : contraindotrinación
  • Effective counterindoctrination strategies can empower people to question harmful ideologies and embrace independent thinking.

Examples

  • His work in counterindoctrination aims to help individuals critically assess the information they receive.

  • The organization focuses on countering misleading narratives through effective counterindoctrination programs for vulnerable communities.

  • The initial phase primarily highlighted cases involving religious "deprogramming," the controversial early tactic in the "war on cults," which frequently involved physical abductions of adult converts for the purposes of counterindoctrination.

    Academic text (1995)

Antonyms

indoctrination
30 8.3

To teach people to accept beliefs without question

Surface Forms

counterindoctrination singular
counterindoctrinations plural

Morphology

counterindoctrination = indoctrination (transparent) = counter + indoctrinate + ion

The meaning is directly formed by adding the productive prefix 'counter-' (opposition) to 'indoctrination', so the sense is readily derivable.

Etymology

Counterindoctrination combines counter- meaning 'against' and indoctrination, which comes from doctrine meaning 'teaching' or 'belief'. So, counterindoctrination is teaching or action that opposes or undoes one-sided teaching and helps people think for themselves.