DEHUMANIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dehumanization mean? 

• DEHUMANIZATION (noun)
  The noun DEHUMANIZATION has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEHUMANIZATION (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 ("dehumanization" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

dehumanize (deprive of human qualities)