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dehumanize

[dee-hyoo-muh-nahyz, -yoo-] / diˈhyu məˌnaɪz, -ˈyu- /
VERB
to deprive of dignity; treat as less than human
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barbarize brutalize imbrute
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VERB
remove the need for human skills
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She’s right that these arguments dehumanize women, who are full human beings and not emotional support animals for men.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2025

“We need to support artists, not dehumanize them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Social media has a way of exacerbating preexisting social tensions and divisions, making it easier to dehumanize the other side and engage in a kind of verbal warfare.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025

“When it becomes a talking point like this, we dehumanize and villainize other human beings.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024

Treating differences as a threat enables one society to dehumanize the other.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz