reeducates

Instructs once more

Reeducates means to educate again, typically to change someone's beliefs, attitudes, or behavior.

The term often carries sinister overtones, associated with authoritarian regimes that use indoctrination programs to enforce ideological conformity: The state reeducates political dissidents in labor camps.

In neutral contexts, it can simply mean retraining or updating someone's knowledge: The program reeducates workers displaced by automation.

coercion

brainwash

Coercively alter beliefs

indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
propagandaBiased information for influence
detentionTemporary official holding

internment · conformity · reprogramming · coercion · manipulation · thought reform · political · ideology · dogma · radicalization

rehabilitation

reform

Improve by correcting faults

correctionalAimed at rehabilitation
rehabilitateReturn to good condition
reintegrateReturn to unified state

resocialize · probation · parole · recidivism · offender · behavioral · remedial · therapy · intervention · retraining

instruction

retrain

Teach new job skills

reteachInstruct a second time
tutorIndividual instruction provider
coachOne who instructs

mentor · instruct · remediate · refresh · update · upskill · reskill · retool · workshop · seminar

Opposites

knowledge transformation direction

reeducatescorrupts

Causes moral decline

misinforms · deceives · misleads · dumbs down · brainwashes

cognitive freedom

reeducatesdeprograms

Undoes psychological conditioning

liberates · frees · emancipates · enlightens · unshackles

educational sequence

reeducatesschools

Places of learning

educates · teaches · instructs · trains · introduces

Phrases

reeducation campDetention for ideological reprogramming
reeducation programsCoerced ideological transformation efforts

Family

reeducation, reeducate, reeducated, reeducating, reeducations

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