dehumanize
Use Dehumanize in a sentence
məˌnaɪz verb (used with object), de·hu·man·ized, de·hu·man·iz·ing.
to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
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dehumanize or dehumanise (diːˈhjuːməˌnaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to deprive of human qualities |
| 2. | to render mechanical, artificial, or routine |
| dehumanise or dehumanise | |
| —vb | |
| dehumani'zation or dehumanise | |
| —n | |
| dehumani'sation or dehumanise | |
| —n | |
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Dehumanize
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Example sentences
It's a willingness to dehumanize people for the sake of the bottom line.
The legal community possesses the power to humanize or dehumanize our legal system.
The thinking that is behind acts of genocide is always the same: first dehumanize your enemies.
Adversarial processes have the potential to dehumanize people.
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