Dehumanise is an English word with synonyms like dehumanize or degrade. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dehumanise meaning
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanize.
Synonyms of Dehumanise
Using Dehumanise
- The main meaning on this page is: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanize.
- Useful related words include: dehumanize, take down, degrade, disgrace.
- In the example corpus, dehumanise often appears in combinations such as: to dehumanise, and dehumanise.
Context around Dehumanise
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dehumanise
- In this selection, "dehumanise" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, people, ourselves and zambians stand out and add context to how "dehumanise" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to dehumanise gisèle pelicot and cameras to dehumanise and vilify. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dehumanise" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dehumanise
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Systems thrive by their human elements thus Nigerians humanise our systems and dehumanise them. (14 words)
The question of how so many men were able to dehumanise Gisèle Pelicot will take psychologists and social anthropologists some time to unravel. (23 words)
You or impostor, Zambians will not forget that you have harassed, beaten, maimed, humiliated, kidnapped, fired guns and shot Zambians and dehumanise Zambians. (23 words)
Building on his 1986 tactic of using television cameras to dehumanise and vilify an immigrant community, his policing policies and response to the Mr Diallo murder as mayor framed immigrants as less than full members of the community. (38 words)
De Klerk presided over a regime that murdered men, women and children to preserve the most evil political system designed to dehumanise people of colour and destroy the human spirit. (30 words)
This narrative certainly had its time, but we have come to dread it, because through it we dehumanise ourselves and demean the journeys that have made us who we are. (30 words)
Example sentences (6)
Systems thrive by their human elements thus Nigerians humanise our systems and dehumanise them.
The question of how so many men were able to dehumanise Gisèle Pelicot will take psychologists and social anthropologists some time to unravel.
De Klerk presided over a regime that murdered men, women and children to preserve the most evil political system designed to dehumanise people of colour and destroy the human spirit.
This narrative certainly had its time, but we have come to dread it, because through it we dehumanise ourselves and demean the journeys that have made us who we are.
You or impostor, Zambians will not forget that you have harassed, beaten, maimed, humiliated, kidnapped, fired guns and shot Zambians and dehumanise Zambians.
Building on his 1986 tactic of using television cameras to dehumanise and vilify an immigrant community, his policing policies and response to the Mr Diallo murder as mayor framed immigrants as less than full members of the community.
Common combinations with dehumanise
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to dehumanise 3×
- and dehumanise 2×