dehumanizev.
/diːˈhjuːmənʌɪz/ transitive. To deprive of human character or attributes.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > dehumanize
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dehumanize1818
dishumanize1861
1818 T. Moore Diary 4 Dec. Turner's face was a good deal de-humanised.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Nov. 1/2 Our great towns de-humanize our children.
Derivatives
deˈhumanized adj.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lacking the attributes of humanity
dehumanized1844
dehuman1889
1844 N. Brit. Rev. 2 109 These almost de-humanized creatures.
1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 446 To rehumanise the dehumanised members of society.
deˈhumanizing n. and adj.
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the world > people > [adjective] > depriving of human qualities
dehumanizing1857
1857 J. Pulsford Quiet Hours 156 It would seem as though the world's method of Education were dehumanizing.
1860 O. W. Holmes Professor's Story xxii, in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 625/2 Centuries of de-humanizing celibacy.
dehumaniˈzation n.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > dehumanization
dehumanization1856
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics iv. ii. (note) The mystics..representing regeneration almost as a process of dehumanization.
1889 G. Gissing Nether World III. i. 19 The last step in that process of dehumanisation which threatens idealists of his type.
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