short for DEserveD action - DEserveD action EXposed. A ded is an incident where the preclear punishes or hurts or wrecks someone or something the like of which has never hurt him. Now he must justify the incident. He will use things which didn't happen to him. He claims that the object of his injury really deserved it, hence the word, which is a sarcasm. A dedex is an incident which happens to a preclearafter he has a ded and is always on the samesubject. It is covered guilt. Itseffect on the preclear is all out of proportion to the actual injury to him. One would think he was murdered by the harsh word or the scratch. He will explain violently how terribly he has been used. For example: Bill hits Joe and then Joe hits Bill. Although it went this way, Billhas it figured out that Joe must havehit him first, so he invents something that Joe did to him to motivate his hitting Joe.See also preclear in this glossary.—PDC Volume 1 Approved Glossary ded - dedex: short for DEserveD action - DEserveD action EXposed. A ded is an incident where the preclear punishes or hurts or wrecks someone or something the like of which has never hurt him. Now he must justify the incident. He will use things which didn't happen to him. He claims that the object of his injury really deserved it, hence the word, which is a sarcasm. A dedex is an incident which happens to a preclearafter he has a ded and is always on the samesubject. It is covered guilt. Itseffect on the preclear is all out of proportion to the actual injury to him. One would think he was murdered by the harsh word or the scratch. He will explain violently how terribly he has been used. For example: Bill hits Joe and then Joe hits Bill. Although it went this way, Billhas it figured out that Joe must havehit him first, so he invents something that Joe did to him to motivate his hitting Joe. See also preclear in this glossary. —PDC Volume 3 Approved Glossary