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dehumanize

verb
/diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/UK

Etymology

From de- + humanize.

  1. derived from hūmānus
  2. derived from humain
  3. derived from humain
  4. inherited from humaigne
  5. suffixed as humanize — “human + ize”
  6. formed as dehumanize — “de- + humanize”

Definitions

  1. To take away humanity

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

    • In its consistently logical form Quietism makes communion between man and God an impossibility by annulling the distinction between them, ultimately reducing God to a vague and empty abstraction, and dehumanizing man.
    • Yet we are dismayed by the failures and forces that dehumanize and defeat the finest dreams and plans of this generation.
    • To what extent can we stop making the culture of the Other so dehumanized and Satanized as to make the Other fit to be genocidable?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA