dehumanize — to deprive of human qualities, personality, or dignity; to treat as less than human
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to deprive of human qualities, personality, or dignity; to treat as less than human
Pronunciation (IPA): /diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/
Example Sentences
- The company's policy seemed designed to dehumanize employees by treating them like robots.
- Social media can dehumanize others by reducing them to mere profile pictures and status updates.
- The dictator tried to dehumanize his opponents by calling them 'rats' and 'parasites'.
dehumanize
VERB[/diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/]
to deprive of human qualities, personality, or dignity; to treat as less than human
The factory system dehumanizes workers, turning them into faceless cogs on the assembly line.
Stop trying to dehumanize, learn to recognize and humanize
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“The company's policy seemed designed to dehumanize employees by treating them like robots.”
“Social media can dehumanize others by reducing them to mere profile pictures and status updates.”
“The dictator tried to dehumanize his opponents by calling them 'rats' and 'parasites'.”
“My boss tends to dehumanize us by referring to employees only by their ID numbers instead of names.”
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