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unhumanize en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + humanize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To strip of humanity; to dehumanize.
   • If you will have that precision out of them, and make their fingers measure degrees like cog-wheels, and their arms strike curves like compasses, you must unhumanize them. 1908, John Ruskin, Selections From the Works of John Ruskin:
   • Further, in making him a slave, he does not merely unhumanize one individual, but UNIVERSAL MAN. He destroys the foundations. 1836, American Anti-Slavery Society, The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4:

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