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
In both cases, the characters are dehumanized in the same way the war has dehumanized them.
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
However, unlike the original, Anno’s approach taps into the body horror of the core concept, while also challenging his characters—and audience—to hang onto their intrinsic humanity in the face of a world trying to dehumanize them.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 26 Oct. 2024
This dehumanizes older women, who are seemingly viewed as not requiring a body that may meet their feminine ideals and who are less likely to be asked for their input on reconstructive care.
—Tlalit Bussi Tel Tzure, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
So, despite Trump's dangerous anti-immigration rhetoric and dehumanizing border policies, why are Latinos tempted to vote against their own community?
—Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
However, unlike the original, Anno’s approach taps into the body horror of the core concept, while also challenging his characters—and audience—to hang onto their intrinsic humanity in the face of a world trying to dehumanize them.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 26 Oct. 2024
This dehumanizes older women, who are seemingly viewed as not requiring a body that may meet their feminine ideals and who are less likely to be asked for their input on reconstructive care.
—Tlalit Bussi Tel Tzure, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
So, despite Trump's dangerous anti-immigration rhetoric and dehumanizing border policies, why are Latinos tempted to vote against their own community?
—Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dehumanize
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To see the reigning English champions humiliated and humbled in such a manner is a very rare event.Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Teeny feels humiliated over the fact that Genevieve left her out of the Sol vote, which is more than understandable.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Under Osborne and Devaney, the ’Husker offensive line battered, brutalized and bludgeoned opponents into submission.Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
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While the future of Syria is a daunting question mark, the fall of the Assad dynasty, which has brutalized the Syrian people for more than 50 years, offers respite to its many, many victims and their families.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Dexter’s first kill, initiated by the nurse poisoning Harry when he’s hospitalized after a heart attack, is intercut with Deb’s high school volleyball game.Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
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Moscow’s disastrous war in Afghanistan in the 1980s poisoned its relations with the Muslim world, and even contributed to the collapse of the Soviet state.Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Dehumanize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dehumanize. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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