VERB | emotion | dehumanize, dehumanise | deprive of human qualities |
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change | dehumanize, dehumanise | make mechanical or routine |
Sounds | dihhhyuw'mahnayz | |
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Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... |
Meaning | deprive of human qualities. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
Example | "Life in poverty has dehumanized them" | |
Synonym | dehumanise | |
Broader | take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down | Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally |
Opposite | humanize, humanise | make more humane |
Spanish | deshumanizar | |
Catalan | deshumanitzar | |
Nouns | dehumanization | the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities |
Meaning | make mechanical or routine. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | dehumanise | |
Broader | mechanize, mechanise | make mechanical |
Spanish | deshumanizar |
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