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DEHUMANISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dehumanisation mean? 

DEHUMANISATION (noun)
  The noun DEHUMANISATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualitiesplay

  Familiarity information: DEHUMANISATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEHUMANISATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dehumanisation; dehumanization

Context example:

science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life

Hypernyms ("dehumanisation" is a kind of...):

debasement; degradation (changing to a lower state (a less respected state))

Derivation:

dehumanise (deprive of human qualities)


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