dehumanise
dehumanise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanize.
Meaning of dehumanize
Verb
dehumanize (third-person singular simple present dehumanizes, present participle dehumanizing, simple past and past participle dehumanized)
- To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.
- In its consistently logical form Quietism makes communion between man and God an impossibility by annulling the distinction between them, ultimately reducing God to a vague and empty abstraction, and dehumanizing man.1919, James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gray, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics: Picts-Sacraments, page 535
Forms of dehumanise
| third-person singular present | dehumanises |
|---|---|
| present participle | dehumanising |
| past participle | dehumanised |
| past | dehumanised |
Origin of dehumanise
From de- + humanise.
Words formed from dehumanise
Questions about dehumanise
- What is dehumanise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
- Dehumanise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanize.
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