humanizeverb [ T ]
UK usually humanise uk/ˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/us/ˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/to make something less unpleasant and more suitable for people:
Steps are being taken to humanize the prison.
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Making things better
- a shot in the arm idiom
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- heal
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- patch sth up
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
- sugar-coated
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humanization
noun [ U ] UK usually humanisation uk/ˌhjuː.mə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌhjuː.mə.nəˈzeɪ.ʃən/