On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Dehumanize. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as dehumanise or degrade and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Dehumanize meaning
To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.
Synonyms of Dehumanize
Using Dehumanize
- The main meaning on this page is: To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.
- Useful related words include: dehumanise, take down, degrade, disgrace.
- In the example corpus, dehumanize often appears in combinations such as: to dehumanize, dehumanize the, dehumanize immigrants.
Context around Dehumanize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dehumanize
- In this selection, "dehumanize" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, people, first, demoralize, immigrants, others and someone stand out and add context to how "dehumanize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include campaign to dehumanize the jewish and continued to dehumanize jews reminding. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dehumanize" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dehumanize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Justice should not dehumanize, harm or set people up for further failure. (12 words)
As to immigration, a huge and largely unsolved issue, the former president continues to demonize and dehumanize immigrants. (18 words)
Every group claims to be marginalized and oppressed, and has sought to dehumanize competing groups on social media. (18 words)
It was just another weapon to slug us with, to dehumanize us with." citation Foster's passing also had an effect on Rose Law Firm, as many within the firm had expected Foster to become its leader once he returned from service in Washington. (44 words)
Because slaves were considered non-human, and lower than a dog, whites believed that in the eyesight of God, classifying the black enslaved as n**gers made it okay to dehumanize, brutalize and subject them to anything and everything ungodly. (40 words)
Thank you for turning Nakesha Williams back into a human being — and for doing it on the front page of The New York Times, where, maybe, Nakesha’s story will reach and touch people who dehumanize and objectify the homeless. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Peter Wehner: “Trump’s rhetoric is a permission slip for his supporters to dehumanize others just as he does.
As to immigration, a huge and largely unsolved issue, the former president continues to demonize and dehumanize immigrants.
It’s very hard to dehumanize someone you actually know, and you haven’t earned the right to an opinion until you can appreciate the desires and feelings of all the people involved.
Every group claims to be marginalized and oppressed, and has sought to dehumanize competing groups on social media.
Moreover, he compared Israel to the deadly Coronavirus and continued to dehumanize Jews, reminding us of incendiary statements made during the 1930s & 40s.
The word “racist” is being used as the word “hostile” was once used to describe Native Americans, and is meant to dehumanize the accused to the point where no redemption is possible.
Those who support this president and don't or won't see the historic danger of his language are refusing to acknowledge a powerful reality: Leaders who dehumanize their political opponents have rarely been democratically inclined.
He spoke of how the Nazi propaganda campaign to dehumanize the Jewish people led millions of “normal people” to participate actively in genocide – or remain silent in the face of the atrocities.
Justice should not dehumanize, harm or set people up for further failure.
Arendt wrote that totalitarian systems were designed to turn men into “functionaries and mere cogs in the administrative machinery”, to “dehumanize them”.
Because slaves were considered non-human, and lower than a dog, whites believed that in the eyesight of God, classifying the black enslaved as n**gers made it okay to dehumanize, brutalize and subject them to anything and everything ungodly.
Having an authentic connection to Judaism does not require us to dehumanize Palestinians or ignore the daily brutality of the Occupation.
I have seen people dehumanize immigrants in the most belittling ways, yet no one seemed to actually care because it didn’t affect them.
It’s so easy to kidnap children… and to commit murder (usually called war) when you first dehumanize the designated enemy.
Many people struggle to maintain day-to-day survival within systems that dehumanize them, including colonialism, white supremacy, capitalism, patriarchy, ableism and heteronormativity.
Thank you for turning Nakesha Williams back into a human being — and for doing it on the front page of The New York Times, where, maybe, Nakesha’s story will reach and touch people who dehumanize and objectify the homeless.
They have likely gotten in your head to demoralize, dehumanize, in other words, make you feel more like they do inside, kinda not there, not human.
Writer Ayesha Siddiqi argued in a about the Atlantic piece that these stories about diasporic South Asian Muslims were being used to dehumanize, rather than the reverse.
It was just another weapon to slug us with, to dehumanize us with." citation Foster's passing also had an effect on Rose Law Firm, as many within the firm had expected Foster to become its leader once he returned from service in Washington.
Propaganda is a powerful weapon in war; it is used to dehumanize and create hatred toward a supposed enemy, either internal or external, by creating a false image in the mind.
Common combinations with dehumanize
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