dehumanize
verb (used with object)
to regard, represent, or treat (a person or group) as less than human.
dehumanise
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a variation of
dehumanize.
Example Sentences
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The Irishman defended then chairman Peter Lawwell and chief executive Michael Nicholson, claiming attempts to "dehumanise and vilify them are shameful".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
"She came across as very strong, and I think the defence did a poor job … in really trying to dehumanise her," he said.
From BBC ● May 9, 2024
More specifically, how unthinkingly we dehumanise one another.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2020
“He has won dozens of journalism awards. He’s been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize every year since 2010. Powerful actors, including CIA, are engaged in a sophisticated effort to dehumanise, delegitimize and imprison him.”
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2019
If we exempt Christ from the law of ignorance and obliviscence, we ipso facto dehumanise his cognition.
From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce
