HUMANIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does humanize mean? • HUMANIZE (verb)
The verb HUMANIZE has 1 sense:
1. make more humane
Familiarity information: HUMANIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HUMANIZE (verb)
Meaning:
Make more humane
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
humanise; humanize
Context example:
The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city
Hypernyms (to "humanize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Antonym:
dehumanize (deprive of human qualities)
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