verb
- to deprive of human qualities, dignity, or individuality; to treat as less than human
Usage: British spelling; American spelling is 'dehumanize'; transitive verb
Examples
- The propaganda campaign sought to dehumanise the enemy soldiers.
- Slavery dehumanised millions of people across centuries.
- Critics argue that mass surveillance dehumanises society by reducing individuals to data points.
- The harsh prison conditions dehumanised the inmates.
- War has a tendency to dehumanise both combatants and civilians.
- She felt dehumanised by the impersonal bureaucratic process.