rehumanize
verb[T]
(UKusuallyrehumanise);(re-humanize,re-humanise)uk/ˌriːˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/us/ˌriːˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/to give back to someone thehumanqualitiesofindependentthought,feelingfor otherpeople, etc.; to make something moresuitableforhumanbeings:
We aretryingto rehumanize agroupofpeoplewho have beendehumanized.
Severalrecentfilmshavetriedto rehumanise the 1970s.
- Theauthorhasdelveddeepinto her subject's past inorderto rehumanize her.
- The newpresidentis nowpromisingto re-humaniseoursociety.
- He was one of the firstpeopleto re-humanize theregionforitsneighbours.
Sympathy & compassion
- aw
- bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
- better luck next timeidiom
- bleeding heart
- cheese
- hard/tough cheese!idiom
- heart-wrenching
- heart-wrenchingly
- pitiably
- pitiful
- pitifully
- pitifulness
- pity
- relate
- sensitivity
- sympathetic
- sympathize
- sympathy
- yourheart achesidiom
- yourheart goes out tosomeoneidiom