Dictionary

dehumanization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /diːˌhjuːmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (UK)

Etymology

From de- + humanization or dehumanize + -ation or de- + human + -ization.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of dehumanizing.
   • But I didn't want to talk about Claude. I wanted to talk about the user, about addiction and dehumanisation, about power and accountability. 2026 July 25, Carmody Grey, “AI’s quest for morality”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
   • The essence of dehumanization is not to see someone, to render him inconsequential and invisible. 2023 November 2, David Brooks, “How to Stay Sane in Brutalizing Times”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2023:
   • Lowi's concern for the rule of law tends to forget that government is not only by but for men; he substitutes an older [impersonality] for the dehumanizations of the new. 1971 August 8, Carey McWilliams, “While the cities burn, the machines click on”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024:

Forms

Antonyms

anthropomorphism · humanization

Relateds

dewomanization

Translations (40)

nl ontmenselijking (the act or process of dehumanizing) · cmn 非人化 (the act or process of dehumanizing) · fa-ira انسانیتزدایی (the act or process of dehumanizing) · ru дегуманиза́ция (the act or process of dehumanizing) · be дэгуманіза́цыя (the act or process of dehumanizing) · et ebainimlikustamine (the act or process of dehumanizing) · bg дехуманиза́ция (the act or process of dehumanizing) · pl dehumanizacja (the act or process of dehumanizing) · mk дехуманизација (the act or process of dehumanizing) · uk розлю́днення (the act or process of dehumanizing) · cs dehumanizace (the act or process of dehumanizing) · pl odczłowieczenie (the act or process of dehumanizing) · de Entmenschlichung (the act or process of dehumanizing) · es deshumanización (the act or process of dehumanizing) · ja 非人間化 (the act or process of dehumanizing) · ru обесчелове́чивание (the act or process of dehumanizing) · uk дегуманіза́ція (the act or process of dehumanizing) · fi ihmisarvon kieltäminen (the act or process of dehumanizing) · tr insandışılaştırma (the act or process of dehumanizing) · ar التَّجْرِيد مِن الإنْسَانِيَّة (the act or process of dehumanizing) · sk dehumanizácia (the act or process of dehumanizing) · ko 비인간화 (the act or process of dehumanizing) · hy ապամարդկայնացում (the act or process of dehumanizing) · fr déshumanisation (the act or process of dehumanizing) · ru расчелове́чивание (the act or process of dehumanizing) · de Dehumanisation (the act or process of dehumanizing) · ru расчелове́чение (the act or process of dehumanizing) · sl dehumanizacija (the act or process of dehumanizing) · sh дехуманизација (the act or process of dehumanizing) · it disumanizzazione (the act or process of dehumanizing) · ro dezumanizare (the act or process of dehumanizing) · fi epäinhimillistäminen (the act or process of dehumanizing) · da dehumanisering (the act or process of dehumanizing) · pt desumanização (the act or process of dehumanizing) · nb dehumanisering (the act or process of dehumanizing) · gl deshumanización (the act or process of dehumanizing) · sh dehumanizacija (the act or process of dehumanizing) · el απανθρωποποίηση (the act or process of dehumanizing) · sv avhumanisering (the act or process of dehumanizing) · ca deshumanització (the act or process of dehumanizing)