as in to humiliate
to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being
being deprived of clothes dehumanized the prisoners
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Recent Examples of dehumanize
The tactics are chillingly familiar: dehumanize immigrants, gaslight millions into dismissing the Jan. 6 insurrection, and relentlessly perpetuate lies to reshape reality.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
Of course, all the innies are routinely dehumanized, being forced to work endlessly while their outies get to experience and theoretically enjoy the freedom of the outside world.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Candidates in the sector often report impersonal rejections or long periods of uncertainty, which can feel dehumanizing.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
To strip her name from her and contort it into a term that is most often used to degrade artists who look like her is simply dehumanizing.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
Of course, all the innies are routinely dehumanized, being forced to work endlessly while their outies get to experience and theoretically enjoy the freedom of the outside world.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Candidates in the sector often report impersonal rejections or long periods of uncertainty, which can feel dehumanizing.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
To strip her name from her and contort it into a term that is most often used to degrade artists who look like her is simply dehumanizing.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dehumanize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dehumanize
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Trump World even humiliated Abe by letting it be known that Abe had nominated the U.S. leader for a Nobel Peace Prize.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The temptation for Russia to humiliate London and Paris - by breaking any ceasefire with an attack carried out hundreds of miles away from British and French troops stuck in the capital - could prove hard to resist.—
Andrew Carey,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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There were images of riots, burning cities and Black people brutalizing white people.—
James Bandler,
ProPublica,
25 Mar. 2025
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That morning Laken was viciously attacked, assaulted, beaten, brutalized, and horrifically murdered.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Until Henry momentarily excuses himself from the table, that is, and the person or persons behind these winky-wink messages tell her to poison Henry ASAP or the menacing guy currently hiding in her apartment will kill her boy.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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Calls to poison control centers for pediatric melatonin ingestion increased 530 percent between 2012 and 2021, according to one analysis published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Dehumanize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dehumanize. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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