humanized
past simple and past participle ofhumanize
humanize
verb[T]
(UKusuallyhumanise)uk/ˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/us/ˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/to make something lessunpleasantand moresuitableforpeople:
Steps are being taken to humanize theprison.
to show that someone has thequalities, weaknesses, etc. that aretypicalof ahuman, in a way that makes you morelikelytofeelsympathyfor them:
Thefilmtriesto humanize thegangmembers, who showtouchesoftendernessdespitetheirruthlessexploits.
Opposite
dehumanize
to make something that is nothumanseemlike aperson, or totreatsomething that is nothumanas if it is aperson:
TogainsupportfromCongress, they humanized thecompany.
- Thisarchitectknowshow to humanizemodernbuildings.
- They wereableto humanize theimpersonalInternet.
- Theliberalartshumanizepeople. That's why youteachthem.
- Thelosshumanized her, making herseemlessroboticandshowingshe could begracefulindefeat.
- If we humanize thecatto theextentwhere westartto give ithumanmedication, we may behurtingit when we aretryingto bekind.
Making things better
- add salt tosomethingidiom
- allay
- alleviate
- alleviation
- ameliorate
- cultivate
- leavening
- liven(something)up
- lubricate
- make a differenceidiom
- make a world of differenceidiom
- remedial
- revamp
- revitalize
- revivify
- revolutionize
- salvage
- salve
- sharpen
- tonic
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Sympathy & compassion
Behaving, interacting and behaviour
Examplesofhumanized
humanized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Humanizedglobalization of responsibility is a calling for democratic initiatives of intervention, change, and healing.
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Of the many practical issues raised by thehumanizedand globalized responsibility we choose to point out a few.
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Rationing 'humanized' its recipients, at least until they consumed rations in ways offensive to providers.
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The elephant continued to behumanized, at least in part because of the culture of putting beasts in cages.
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Correspondingly less and less is devoted tohumanizedcare.
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Other "organization as machine" or "organization as process" metaphors werehumanizedduring this period.
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Prevention of severe infection in high-risk infants is achieved through immunoprophylaxis with specific antibody-containing preparations, especiallyhumanized, murine monoclonal antibody (palivizumab).
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Humanizedantecedent responsibility creates its own moral questions as practical challenges for social life.
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But a sick man wants much more than that, and the administration of sickness benefit above all needs to behumanizedand individualized.
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In addition to chimeric andhumanizedantibodies, there are other pharmaceutical purposes for the creation of chimeric constructs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Antibodies are also referred to as murine, chimeric,humanizedand human.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As implied by the suffix "-zumab", it is a recombinanthumanizedmonoclonal antibody administered once weekly by subcutaneous injection.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Those who earnestly desire and seek after these are most highlyhumanized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These people arehumanizedthrough this work, which in and of itself was revolutionary in nature.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Humanizedantibodies are almost completely human; only the complementarity determining regions of the variable regions are derived from murine antibodies.
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