dehumanize
See also: de-humanize
English
Alternative forms
- de-humanize, de-humanise
- dehumanise (British)
Etymology
de- + humanize
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/
Verb
dehumanize (third-person singular simple present dehumanizes, present participle dehumanizing, simple past and past participle dehumanized)
- To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.
- 1968, Stewart L. Udall, 1976: Agenda for Tomorrow, page 3:
- Yet we are dismayed by the failures and forces that dehumanize and defeat the finest dreams and plans of this generation.
- 2003, Stephen P. Garvey, editor, Beyond Repair? America's Death Penalty, →ISBN, page 141:
- And, in this country, the traditional, ingrained way to dehumanize people, to make both their pain and their individuality irrelevant, is to rely on their race.
- 2022 July 14, Rafqa Touma, “Melbourne woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent”, in The Guardian:
- A Melbourne woman says she feels “dehumanised” after being filmed without consent for a “random act of kindness” TikTok that went viral.
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Antonyms
- humanize
Derived terms
- dehumanization
Translations
to take away humanity
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