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humanizing

ADJECTIVE
civilizing
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Humanizing “bad” people is decidedly unrevolutionary in 2024; it takes more nerve to create characters the audience might not like and dare us to care about them anyway.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Humanizing Bunny is in keeping with the show's general nimbus of empathy for all of its personalities, even its villains.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2022

Jodi Halpern is chancellor’s chair and professor of bioethics at the University of California at Berkeley, and author of “From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2022

Humanizing pets isn’t a new phenomenon, but it “kicked into high gear about 15 years ago,” said David Lummis, who has been observing the market since 1982 as an analyst for Packaged Facts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2020

Humanizing technology: Theodore uses a cellphone, among other devices, to communicate with Samantha, but Mr. Storm didn’t know ahead of time what the phone would look like.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2014