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- [dee-hyoo-muh-nahyz or, often, -yoo-]
- /diˈhyu məˌnaɪz or, often, -ˈyu-/
- /ˌdiːˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/
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- [dee-hyoo-muh-nahyz or, often, -yoo-]
- /diˈhyu məˌnaɪz or, often, -ˈyu-/
Definitions of dehumanize word
- verb dehumanize If you say that something dehumanizes people, you mean it takes away from them good human qualities such as kindness, generosity, and independence. 3
- verb dehumanize to deprive of human qualities 3
- verb dehumanize to render mechanical, artificial, or routine 3
- verb transitive dehumanize to deprive of human qualities, as pity, kindness, individuality, or creativity; make inhuman or machinelike 3
- verb with object dehumanize to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him. 1
- noun dehumanize Deprive of positive human qualities. 1
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Origin of dehumanize
First appearance:
before 1810 One of the 40% newest English words
First recorded in 1810-20; de- + humanize
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Parts of speech for Dehumanize
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dehumanize popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
dehumanize usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dehumanize
verb dehumanize
- brutalize — If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent.
- automate — To automate a factory, office, or industrial process means to put in machines which can do the work instead of people.
- automatize — to make (a process, etc) automatic or (of a process, etc) to be made automatic
- barbarize — to make or become barbarous
- imbrute — to reduce to a bestial state
Antonyms for dehumanize
verb dehumanize
- humanize — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
Top questions with dehumanize
- what does dehumanize mean?
- how did nazis dehumanize jews?
- how did the nazis dehumanize the jews?
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