DEHUMANIZATION Definition & Meaning

dehumanization

[ dee-hyoo-muh-nahy-zey-shuhnor, often, -yoo- ]

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the act of regarding, representing, or treating a person or group as less than human:
Dehumanization of the enemy is often what sustains the rationale for a war.
Before trafficked humans are fully enslaved, they are drugged, tortured, and abused as part of the process of dehumanization.
the process of depriving a person or population of human qualities or attributes such as compassion, dignity, individuality, etc.:
When science is not touched by a sense of moral values, it works—as it has done fairly consistently over the past century—toward a complete dehumanization of the social order.

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Demonization and dehumanization are tried and true tactics of demagogues in every era.

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In that conversation, Ginsberg observed that “dehumanization is a funny kind of enlightenment.”

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“There’s something about the internet and this culture right now where dehumanization is just rampant,” Cox says.

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The whole thing is a trap because it obscures the larger issue, which to me is all about dehumanization.”

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The result is a cycle of alienation if not dehumanization of those with whom we disagree about politics.

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