brainwashing: Application, by force, of intense and prolonged techniques of psychological persuasion, designed to indoctrinate a person to a certain belief system.
celibate: Unmarried or abstaining from sexual relations, especially for religious reasons.
charismatic: Having to do with charisma, the magnetic power of a leader to attract and hold followers.
coercive: Serving or intended to control by force, threat, or other pressure.
commune: A group practicing communal living.
conservatorship: Legal status by which a person takes over and manages the interests of an adult who is considered incompetent to make decisions in his or her own best interest.
conversion: Change from one religion or belief system to another.
delayed stress syndrome: A collection of psychological symptoms, including depression and low self-confidence, that show up in a person after he or she has endured a stressful situation or problem and are attributed to that stress.
deprogrammer: One who works to change the.....
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