resocialization
Learning new norms
Resocialization is the process of learning new norms, values, and behaviors to replace previously learned ones—essentially being socialized again into a different way of life.
The term appears in sociology and psychology, describing what happens in total institutions like prisons, military boot camps, or rehabilitation facilities: Boot camp is designed to resocialize civilians into soldiers.
The process typically involves breaking down an old identity before building a new one.
Coercive psychological manipulation
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- reprogrammingAltering original functional instructions
- deprogrammingReversing coercive belief implantation
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
manipulation · propaganda · conditioning · reeducation · conversion · deradicalization · interrogation · isolation
Acquiring cultural norms unconsciously
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
training · mentorship · apprenticeship · orientation · onboarding · integration · adjustment · acquisition
Conditional early release
- probationSupervised trial period
- reentryComing back in
- communityCollective of connected people
- employmentPaid occupation status
housing · support · counseling · mentorship · networking · inclusion · citizenship · workforce
Confinement for offenders
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- asylumShelter from persecution
- cultFervent fringe group
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
convent · detention · barracks · reformatory · inpatient · initiation
Who someone is
- internalizationAbsorbing ideas as one's own
- self-conceptOne's own identity perception
- conformityAdherence to norms
- complianceAdhering to requirements
obedience · worldview · personality · self-transformation · ego · mindset · disposition · habituation
brainwashing
Coercive psychological manipulation
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- reprogrammingAltering original functional instructions
- deprogrammingReversing coercive belief implantation
coercion · manipulation · propaganda · conditioning · reeducation · conversion · deradicalization · interrogation · isolation · control
enculturation
Acquiring cultural norms unconsciously
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
learning · training · mentorship · apprenticeship · orientation · onboarding · integration · adjustment · acquisition · modeling
parole
Conditional early release
employment · housing · support · counseling · mentorship · networking · inclusion · citizenship · workforce · stability
prison
Confinement for offenders
monastery · convent · detention · barracks · reformatory · inpatient · initiation
identity
Who someone is
- internalizationAbsorbing ideas as one's own
- self-conceptOne's own identity perception
- conformityAdherence to norms
compliance · obedience · worldview · personality · self-transformation · ego · mindset · disposition · habituation
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- socializationenculturation, norms, values, role models, upbringing
- social changecultural shift, cultural fusion, globalization, assimilate, integrate
- deradicalizationdeprogramming, disengagement, counter-narratives, reintegration
- rehabilitationrehab, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, inpatient rehab
- indoctrinationbrainwashing, mind control, indoctrination, thought control, reeducation
resocializationdesocialization
Reversal of societal integration
deconditioning · unlearning · deprogramming · detachment · institutionalization
resocializationdesocialization
Reversal of societal integration
alienation · social isolation · marginalization · anomie · estrangement
social, society, associate, association, sociable, antisocial, socialize, dissociate, unsocial