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unhumanise

unhumanise is the alternative form of unhumanize.

Meaning of unhumanize

Verb

unhumanize (third-person singular simple present unhumanizes, present participle unhumanizing, simple past and past participle unhumanized)

  1. (transitive) To strip of humanity; to dehumanize.
    • 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

Forms of unhumanise

third-person singular presentunhumanises
present participleunhumanising
past participleunhumanised
pastunhumanised

Origin of unhumanise

From un- + humanise.

Questions about unhumanise

What is unhumanise the alternative form of?
Unhumanise is the alternative form of unhumanize.

Words near unhumanise in the dictionary

  1. unhull
  2. unhulled
  3. unhulling
  4. unhulls
  5. unhuman
  6. unhumanise
  7. unhumanised
  8. unhumanises
  9. unhumanising
  10. unhumanistic
  11. unhumanitarian

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