Meaning

1 senses
  1. To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.

    entmenschen, entmenschlichen, dehumanisieren

    обесчелове́чиватьobesčelovéčivatʹ, обесчелове́читьobesčelovéčitʹ, дегуманизи́роватьdegumanizírovatʹ

    дегуманізува́тиdehumanizuváty, розлю́днюватиrozljúdnjuvaty, розлю́днитиrozljúdnyty

    deprive of human qualities

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Strip searches are degrading and dehumanizing.

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  2. Condemning dehumanizing and racist rhetoric is a moral imperative.

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  3. Let us ensure that dehumanizing and racist statements are never tolerated.

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  4. He said some pretty hateful and dehumanizing things to the homeless guy.

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  5. Dehumanizing and racist statements can't be tolerated in any context.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
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to take away humanity:
Русский
By meaning 1
to take away humanity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to take away humanity:

Forms

dehumanizes, dehumanizing, dehumanized, dehumanized
Base formdehumanize · to dehumanize
3rd person singulardehumanizes
Present participledehumanizing
Past simpledehumanized
Past participledehumanized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydehumanize
he, she, itdehumanizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdehumanized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dehumanized
he, she, ithas dehumanized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dehumanize

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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