1. to treat or regard someone as lacking human qualities or dignity; to make someone seem less than human
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘dehumanize’

Examples

• The propaganda dehumanizes the enemy by portraying them as monsters.
• Factory work that dehumanizes employees leads to low morale.
• The prison system often dehumanizes inmates through harsh treatment.
• Social media sometimes dehumanizes people by reducing them to profiles.
• War dehumanizes both soldiers and civilians caught in the conflict.
• The company’s policies dehumanize workers by treating them as mere numbers.