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unhumanizing

unhumanizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about unhumanizing

What is unhumanizing the present participle and gerund of?
Unhumanizing is the present participle and gerund of unhumanize.

Words near unhumanizing in the dictionary

  1. unhumanitarian
  2. unhumanity
  3. unhumanize
  4. unhumanized
  5. unhumanizes
  6. unhumanizing
  7. unhumanlike
  8. unhumanly
  9. unhumanness
  10. unhumans
  11. unhumble

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