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humanization

American  
[hyoo-muhn-iz-ay-shuhn, hyoo-muhn-ahyz-ay-shuhn] / ˌhyu mən ɪzˈeɪ ʃən, ˌhyu mən aɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of making or becoming humane or human.


Other Word Forms

  • dehumanization noun
  • rehumanization noun

Example Sentences

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And then that actually increases feeling of humanization of others.

From Los Angeles Times

The latter is a novel that should have been marketed as a cut-and-dried narco thriller but was instead positioned as an overdue humanization of the undocumented experience at the Mexican border.

From Los Angeles Times

Ultimately, my aspiration is to see mutual humanization, recognizing each other as cultural cousins.

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Kieser, who died in 2000, believed “we become fulfilled persons through a long and arduous process of humanization” and thought TV could teach us all how to love.

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“He believed in humanization and always talked about how too many people dehumanize each other.”

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