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DEHUMANISE

Dictionary entry overview: What does dehumanise mean?

• DEHUMANISE (verb)
The verb DEHUMANISE has 2 senses:

1. deprive of human qualities
2. make mechanical or routine

Familiarity information: DEHUMANISE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DEHUMANISE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Deprive of human qualities

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

dehumanise; dehumanize

Context example:

Life in poverty has dehumanized them

Hypernyms (to "dehumanise" is one way to...):

degrade; demean; disgrace; put down; take down (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Make mechanical or routine

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dehumanise; dehumanize

Hypernyms (to "dehumanise" is one way to...):

mechanise; mechanize (make mechanical)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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