dehumanize
verb (used with object)
to regard, represent, or treat (a person or group) as less than human.
had dehumanized
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past perfectof dehumanize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He wasn’t looking at her, wasn’t focused on her, had dehumanized her in his mind and was treating her as less than a service worker should treat their customer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
In a manner it had dehumanized the world, robbed it of its spites, its little intense jealousies, its inconsistencies, its humor.
From In the Days of the Comet by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
