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dehumanizeto 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/

Korean meaning: 인간성을 박탈하다, 비인간화하다, 인간 이하로 취급하다

Korean pronunciation: 디**휴**머나이즈

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

dehumanize concept
💡 Concept

A harsh supervisor dehumanizes exhausted workers in the factory

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🎵 Rhyme

Stop trying to dehumanize, learn to recognize and humanize

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/
🇬🇧 UK/diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/

🌳Etymology

Prefixde--
Roothuman
Suffix--ize

Origin

라틴어에서 유래된 단어로, 'de-'(없애다) + 'human'(인간) + '-ize'(~하게 만들다)가 결합되어 '인간성을 없애다'라는 의미가 되었습니다. 20세기 초부터 심리학과 사회학 분야에서 사용되기 시작했습니다.

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🎵Rhyme

humanizeorganizerecognize
humanize
organize
recognize

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📝Examples

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'.

😄 Fun example

My boss tends to dehumanize us by referring to employees only by their ID numbers instead of names.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

objectifydepersonalizebrutalizedegradeddemean

Antonyms

humanizedignifyrespect

Related

discriminationprejudicestereotypeoppressionmarginalize