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dehumanize
de·hu·man·ize D0101800 (dē-hyo͞o′mə-nīz′)tr.v. de·hu·man·ized, de·hu·man·iz·ing, de·hu·man·iz·es 1. To deprive of human qualities such as individuality, compassion, or civility: slaves who had been dehumanized by their abysmal condition.2. To render mechanical and routine. de·hu′man·i·za′tion (-mə-nĭ-zā′shən) n.dehumanize (diːˈhjuːməˌnaɪz) or dehumanisevb (tr) 1. to deprive of human qualities2. to render mechanical, artificial, or routine deˌhumaniˈzation, deˌhumaniˈsation nde•hu•man•ize (diˈhyu məˌnaɪz or, often, -ˈyu-) v.t. -ized, -iz•ing. to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality. [1810–20] de•hu`man•i•za′tion, n. dehumanize Past participle: dehumanized Gerund: dehumanizing
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dehumanize | dehumanize |
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I dehumanize | you dehumanize | he/she/it dehumanizes | we dehumanize | you dehumanize | they dehumanize |
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I dehumanized | you dehumanized | he/she/it dehumanized | we dehumanized | you dehumanized | they dehumanized |
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I am dehumanizing | you are dehumanizing | he/she/it is dehumanizing | we are dehumanizing | you are dehumanizing | they are dehumanizing |
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I have dehumanized | you have dehumanized | he/she/it has dehumanized | we have dehumanized | you have dehumanized | they have dehumanized |
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I was dehumanizing | you were dehumanizing | he/she/it was dehumanizing | we were dehumanizing | you were dehumanizing | they were dehumanizing |
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I had dehumanized | you had dehumanized | he/she/it had dehumanized | we had dehumanized | you had dehumanized | they had dehumanized |
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I will dehumanize | you will dehumanize | he/she/it will dehumanize | we will dehumanize | you will dehumanize | they will dehumanize |
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I will have dehumanized | you will have dehumanized | he/she/it will have dehumanized | we will have dehumanized | you will have dehumanized | they will have dehumanized |
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I will be dehumanizing | you will be dehumanizing | he/she/it will be dehumanizing | we will be dehumanizing | you will be dehumanizing | they will be dehumanizing |
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I have been dehumanizing | you have been dehumanizing | he/she/it has been dehumanizing | we have been dehumanizing | you have been dehumanizing | they have been dehumanizing |
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I will have been dehumanizing | you will have been dehumanizing | he/she/it will have been dehumanizing | we will have been dehumanizing | you will have been dehumanizing | they will have been dehumanizing |
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I had been dehumanizing | you had been dehumanizing | he/she/it had been dehumanizing | we had been dehumanizing | you had been dehumanizing | they had been dehumanizing |
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I would dehumanize | you would dehumanize | he/she/it would dehumanize | we would dehumanize | you would dehumanize | they would dehumanize |
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I would have dehumanized | you would have dehumanized | he/she/it would have dehumanized | we would have dehumanized | you would have dehumanized | they would have dehumanized | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | dehumanize - deprive of human qualities; "Life in poverty has dehumanized them"dehumanisedemean, disgrace, degrade, take down, put down - reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"humanise, humanize - make more humane; "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city" | | 2. | dehumanize - make mechanical or routinedehumanisemechanise, mechanize - make mechanical; "mechanize the procedure" | TranslationsMedicalSeedehumanizationdehumanize
Synonyms for dehumanizeverb deprive of human qualitiesSynonymsRelated Words- demean
- disgrace
- degrade
- take down
- put down
Antonymsverb make mechanical or routineSynonymsRelated Words |