dehumanize
verb (used with object)
to regard, represent, or treat (a person or group) as less than human.
dehumanizes
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present tense formof dehumanize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“The use of the word ‘inmate’ further dehumanizes and demoralizes them,” he said in Ms. Hochul’s press release.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
“It really dehumanizes the events, the consequences of shootings, and makes it all into a joke,” said Whitney Phillips, a longtime disinformation researcher.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
It dehumanizes and renders their experience with war as somehow normal and expected ... civilian casualties and displacement in other countries are equally as abhorrent as they are in Ukraine.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
Twitter prohibits language that dehumanizes people on the basis of religion and national origin.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2021
The wonderful device meant to enrich life has become a weapon which dehumanizes people.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
