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Verb: dehumanize  dee'hyoo-mu`nIz
  1. Deprive of human qualities
    "Life in poverty has dehumanized them"
    - dehumanise [Brit]
     
  2. Make mechanical or routine
    - dehumanise [Brit]

Derived forms: dehumanizing, dehumanizes, dehumanized

See also: dehumanization

Type of: degrade, demean, disgrace, mechanise [Brit], mechanize, put down, take down

Antonym: humanize

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