Dehumanize

Word DEHUMANIZE
Character 10
Hyphenation de hu man ize
Pronunciations /diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/

Definitions and meanings of "Dehumanize"

What do we mean by dehumanize?

To deprive of human qualities such as individuality, compassion, or civility. transitive verb

To render mechanical and routine. transitive verb

To deprive of distinctively human qualities: as, dehumanizing influences; dehumanized speculation. Also spelled dehumanise.

To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.. transitive verb

To take away humanity, to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes. verb

Deprive of human qualities verb

Make mechanical or routine verb

To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.

To deprive of human qualities. Urban Dictionary

To deprive of human qualities such as individuality, compassion, or civility and a very great disturbed song Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Dehumanize

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The word "dehumanize" in example sentences

Does the writer really mean to suggest — nay, insist — that universities, regardless of their affiliation, "dehumanize" their employees by expecting a "certain" level of conduct? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Enforced shaving of a prisoner's head has long been a systematic tool to 'dehumanize' and 'depersonalize' an individual. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Harper's: Do math and science "dehumanize" students? ❋ Unknown (2009)

"You kind of dehumanize the adult, bringing him down to the animal's level." ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Should we no longer use the terms rapist, thief, murderer or molester because they might" dehumanize "the offender?

Holy Scripture has been misused to dehumanize gay and lesbian people and that sinful behavior has helped to create a climate where violence against one who is "other" is acceptable. ❋ Rev. Chuck Currie (2011)

And “retard” is a pejorative term used to dehumanize the mentally retarded. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Even today those in the far Religious Right -- in groups like Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council -- promote active discrimination against the LGBT community nationwide by fighting for the reversal of federal hate crimes laws and other civil rights protections using language that is comparable to language the Nazi Party used to dehumanize Jews. ❋ Rev. Chuck Currie (2011)

I could see using them if I was writing from the POV of a character who was trying to dehumanize or objectify the character they were referring to. ❋ Jwjohnson (2009)

Anonymity does not merely dehumanize donors, however; it also endangers them by making it easier for buyers and brokers to escape accountability for deaths and injuries. ❋ Carl Elliott (2011)

It's even scarier to watch people dehumanize other people. ❋ Marty Kaplan (2011)

But her own vision, which she articulates in a stiletto voice, is to dehumanize the firing process even further via the miracle of video conferencing. ❋ Joe Morgenstern (2011)

Access to the cash that power brings, completely deranged and satisfying “investigations” that both dehumanize the opposition and give that warm fuzzy feeling of standing up for “principle” (no one is above the law — even, or especially those who have done nothing in its violation) and, best of all, they get to go on demolishing any hope of using government power to solve any actual problem out there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What better way to deal with the problem than to further dehumanize the victim after the fact. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The formula the military uses to dehumanize the enemy blows back on its own recruits, and the first people really dehumanized are the soldiers themselves. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(Not helped by conditioning to dehumanize the subject population by superiors.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Inspectors] have observed terrible [factory] [conditions] that dehumanize workers. ❋ Carter Da SAV (2018)

If I offer you [my soul], Will you [carry me] away? How can I be the only one To be [dehumanized] again, Left behind ❋ The Real Deal Tonight (2009)

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