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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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VERB
remove the need for human skills
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“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

“Bishop Rojas’ decision signals that the Church’s mission encompasses a higher calling: to embrace the downtrodden, welcome the stranger and distance itself from policies that dehumanize them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025

How far are we willing to go to utterly dehumanize ourselves?

From Salon • Dec. 24, 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




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