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dehumanize Definition

de·hu·man·ize (dē hyo̵̅o̅′mə nīz′)

transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing

to deprive of human qualities, as pity, kindness, individuality, or creativity; make inhuman or machinelike

dehumanize Related Forms
de·hu′·mani·za′·tion noun
dehumanize Usage Examples

Object

  • effect: He vividly depicts the dehumanizing effects of the camp on his fellow inmates, yearning for liberty yet unable to imagine freedom.
  • people: And who seems most expert at dehumanizing other people?
  • system: Is it possible to form an alliance of historic bloc against the dehumanizing total system?
  • work: Ever since the advent of the industrial revolution ' engineers ' have adopted a paradigm that dehumanized work.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: In this case, the computer is not dehumanizing; it's an interpreter.
dehumanize Quotes

   Slavery broke the world in half, it broke it in every way. It broke Europe.It madethem intosomething else, it made themslave masters, it madethem crazy.You can't dothat for hundreds of years and it not take a toll. They had to dehumanize, not just the slaves but themselves.

—Morrison,Toni Chloe Anthony ne¤  e Wofford

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