dehumanized
past simple and past participle ofdehumanize
dehumanize
verb[T]
(UKusuallydehumanise)uk/ˌdiːˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/us/ˌdiːˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/toremovefrom apersonthespecialhumanqualitiesofindependentthought,feelingfor otherpeople, etc.:
It's atotalitarianregimethatreducesand dehumanizesitspopulation.
Opposite
humanize
Treating people or animals badly
- abuser
- anti-harassment
- at the hands ofsomeoneidiom
- batten
- batten onsomeone
- ill-treat
- ill-treatment
- ill-used
- impose
- inflict
- pick onsomeone
- prey
- prey onsomething
- putsomeonethroughsomething
- put upon
- tyrannical
- tyrannize
- tyranny
- uncared for
- use
Examplesofdehumanized
dehumanized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Thedehumanizedaspects of industry undercut its legitimacy in creating a new cultural synthesis.
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It's a striking, if abstentionist, coup de théâtre, which in thisdehumanizedcontext is unexpectedly moving.
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This vocoder mixing of voice and carrier tone creates adehumanizedmode of vocality that is, symbolically at least, a hybrid.
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We are all too familiar with those causes: unemployment, insecurity and the feeling - sometimes justified - that the world is becomingdehumanized.
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We can no longer allow our founder, our members, and allies to bedehumanizedand unfairly discriminated against...
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He understands that technology, and thedehumanizedworld it carries with it, appears ugly and repulsive to a romantic person.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The patient becomesdehumanizedthrough research; however, without this research there would be little medical improvement.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The court ruled that the use of capital punishment was considered impermissible cruel and unusual as it degraded anddehumanizedthe parties involved.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is furtherdehumanizedby standing trial to determine if she is human at all.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Those characters who pursue the big money without scruple succeed, but aredehumanizedby success.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The victims are therebydehumanized, while the triumphs of humanless warfare are purported.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If being an outgroup member was all that was required to bedehumanized, dehumanization would be far more prevalent.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The novel, according to one article, endorses a pragmatic acceptance of a neoliberal world order that is delocalized,dehumanizedand misogynistic.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He broke new ground by depicting persons said to bedehumanizedby poverty and ignorance and injustice as being genuinely dehumanized, and dehumanized quite permanently.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He felt that societies that placed great value on technology often becamedehumanized.
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