Past tense of dehumanize
regular verb
The past tense of dehumanize is dehumanized. The past participle is also dehumanized.
Forms of dehumanize
| Base form (V1) | dehumanize /diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dehumanized |
| Past participle (V3) | dehumanized |
| Present participle | dehumanizing |
| Third person singular | dehumanizes |
Dehumanized in a sentence
- To what extent can we stop making the culture of the Other so dehumanized and Satanized as to make the Other fit to be genocidable?1999, Ursula E. Beitter, The New Europe at the Crossroads, page 129
- Plastic surgery's remaking of the body demonstrates the dehumanized status of those subjects trapped within the systems which overgird the world.2013, Shawn Smith, Pynchon and History, page 51. From the entry overgird
- Programmers are consistently dehumanized because so many do indeed deliver the message to Garcia only to be at best ignored.2002 June 11, Edward G. Nilges, from spinoza1111@yahoo.com, “Re: Professional Ethics (was Re: The Data Quality Act)”, in comp.programming…. From the entry deliver the message to Garcia
- The objects floating in the bath and lazing about on the bathroom's floor are all monsters, teratoids dehumanized by the husking of their clothes.2002, Aiko Ito, Graeme Wilson, I Am a Cat, volume 2, translation of original by Natsume Soseki, →ISBN, page 345. From the entry teratoid
Meaning of dehumanize
- verb To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.
Questions about the past tense of dehumanize
- What is the past tense of dehumanize?
- The past tense of dehumanize is dehumanized.
- What is the past participle of dehumanize?
- The past participle of dehumanize is dehumanized.
- Is dehumanize a regular or irregular verb?
- Dehumanize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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