deradicalize
Pull from fringe
To deradicalize is to steer someone away from extreme political, religious, or ideological views—particularly views that advocate violence.
The term appears most often in discussions of counterterrorism: programs designed to deradicalize former gang members, efforts to deradicalize young people drawn to extremist groups online.
The process typically involves counseling, education, and reintegration into mainstream society.
Restoration to a group
- resocializationAcquiring replacement norms and values
- deprogrammingReversing coercive belief implantation
- reeducationCoerced ideological transformation
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
disengagement · reentry · mentoring · therapy · counseling · support · recidivism · adjustment
Planned sequence of actions
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- outreachProactive community assistance
support · workshops · education · dialogue · prevention · community · awareness · psychosocial
Withdrawal from involvement
- coolingLosing thermal energy
- defusingNeutralizing an explosive device
- calmingInducing a settled state
- moderationAvoidance of excess
softening · tempering · stabilization · exit · withdrawal · distancing
Avoidance of excess
- counternarrativeStory opposing mainstream accounts
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- worldviewComprehensive belief framework
- ideologyStructured belief framework
rethink · reassess · reorient · shift · doubt · questioning · inoculation
Spoken exchange between parties
- trust-buildingEstablishing mutual confidence
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- empathySharing another's emotions
- understandingMental comprehension of something
bridge-building · tolerance · forgiveness · healing · rehumanization · acceptance
reintegration
Restoration to a group
- resocializationAcquiring replacement norms and values
- deprogrammingReversing coercive belief implantation
- reeducationCoerced ideological transformation
recovery · disengagement · reentry · mentoring · therapy · counseling · support · recidivism · adjustment · restorative
program
Planned sequence of actions
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- therapyCurative mental treatment
outreach · support · workshops · education · dialogue · prevention · community · awareness · psychosocial · counterterrorism
disengagement
Withdrawal from involvement
moderation · softening · tempering · stabilization · exit · withdrawal · distancing
moderation
Avoidance of excess
- counternarrativeStory opposing mainstream accounts
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- worldviewComprehensive belief framework
ideology · rethink · reassess · reorient · shift · doubt · questioning · inoculation
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- trust-buildingEstablishing mutual confidence
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- empathySharing another's emotions
understanding · bridge-building · tolerance · forgiveness · healing · rehumanization · acceptance
deradicalizeradicalize
Convert to extreme ideology
extremize · indoctrinate · brainwash · recruit · propagandize
deradicalizeradicalize
Convert to extreme ideology
alienate · estrange · isolate · marginalize · segregate
deradicalization, deradicalized, deradicalizing, deradicalise