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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 qualities
Familiarity information: DEHUMANISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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"Words of wisdom comes out of simple people mouths." (Arabic proverb)
"Lies have twisted limbs." (Corsican proverb)