to dehumanize
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7.5
- verb
- /diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/
- Formal
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deshumanizar
- The system was designed to dehumanize workers by treating them like machines rather than individuals.
- dehumanizing the victim
- dehumanized woman
- dehumanized workers
And this is a direct means to dehumanize human beings.
- And this is a direct means to dehumanize human beings.
- And so it's again, not difficult to dehumanize people that behave in that manner.
- Here we have her with her Christian cross, dehumanizing a man with no criminal record.
- We've seen history has seen what happens when you dehumanize people and it disgusts me.
- They are spending trillions of dollars humanizing robots and dehumanizing actual humans.
- So the money sort of it, it dehumanises you because you're dealing with so much money.
- You don't demonise people, you don't refer to them as animals, you don't dehumanise them in that way.
- So we're a species that is able to go numb and that is able to dehumanize very quickly and make it the norm.
- Racism, violence against women, and generalized doping further dehumanize.
- And I do think that dehumanizing other people in the process is a real mistake.
- And it's like crazy how how far we've came to this point where you can dehumanise people because of the crimes of others.
- And finally, they dehumanize the ones that are mistreating as somewhat less, less than human.
- Like your friends can see your status like, and, and so like, you know, we sometimes even dehumanize the people who are on the other side.
- China under Mao Zedong, Cultural Revolution, millions killed internally by dehumanizing others and simply attaching a label.
- So dehumanizing doesn't make you strong in relationships.
Examples
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When you're not treated the same, you are dehumanized.
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The problem is that the process of online dating and apps dehumanise people.
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And this is a direct means to dehumanize human beings.
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And so it's again, not difficult to dehumanize people that behave in that manner.
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And I do think that dehumanizing other people in the process is a real mistake.
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Nor is there any reason to feel threatened or dehumanized by such studies.
Academic text (1998) -
It is so frustrating to me when people try to dehumanize what sales is.
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So we're a species that is able to go numb and that is able to dehumanize very quickly and make it the norm.
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That can only occur when a whole segment of the population is dehumanized.
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When you're not given the same opportunity, you're dehumanized.
Synonyms
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5.1
To treat someone so they feel ashamed or less respected
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6.8
To make someone feel less respected or important
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7.5
To treat someone as a thing, ignoring their feelings and rights
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7.5
Treat a person or thing as an object and remove personal qualities
To treat people as things and ignore their feelings
Make someone cruel and act without human feelings
Antonyms
How Dehumanizing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dehumanize comes from de- meaning 'remove' or 'not', human meaning 'person', and -ize which makes a verb. So to dehumanize someone is to take away their human qualities and treat them as if they are not a person, without respect or feeling.