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单词 dementalize
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dementalizev.

Brit. /ˌdiːˈmɛntl̩ʌɪz/, /ˌdiːˈmɛntəlʌɪz/, U.S. /diˈmɛn(t)lˌaɪz/
Forms: 1800s– dementalise, 1800s– dementalize.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: de- prefix, mental adj.1, -ize suffix.
Etymology: < de- prefix + mental adj.1 + -ize suffix. Compare earlier dementalized adj. and dementalizing adj., and compare also mentalize v.
transitive. To deprive of the capacity for thought; to brutalize or dehumanize; to remove mind or a mental quality from.
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1866 W. P. Atkinson in Lect. Amer. Inst. Instr. iv. 247 Take a child who has been ‘dementalized’ by the rote-learning of abstractions, of the rules of grammar, [etc.].
1916 Bull. Amer. Libr. Assoc. July 378/2 Trashy novels, flashy magazines, yellow journals are doing what they can to demoralize and dementalize—if I may use the expression—the minds of the people of this country.
1936 R. G. Collingwood Human Nature & Human Hist. 24 Sciences of this type tend systematically to dementalize mind and convert it into nature.
2010 Trends Cognitive Sci. 14 385/1 People also dehumanize (or dementalize) specific disliked others, such as another person who rejects them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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