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单词 rehumanize
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rehumanizev.

Brit. /ˌriːˈhjuːmənʌɪz/, U.S. /riˈ(h)juməˌnaɪz/
Forms: see re- prefix and humanize v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, humanize v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + humanize v.
transitive. To humanize again, esp. to restore the humanity of.
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the world > people > [verb (transitive)] > make human
hominify1579
humanize1603
humanify?1630
rehumanize1749
personify1768
mortalize1831
1749 Conduct Two B——rs Vindicated 26 We great men prove or disprove any thing, are a kind of intellectual conjurers, or mental hocus pocus men, that can..change in idea the man into an owl, and by a sudden turn of fancy, re-humanise him again.
1798 Let. to Marquis Cornwallis 21 Will then your Excellency incline to consider, that measure a boon which will deprive the nation of all that can cherish, foster, and re-humanise it?
1810 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 30 47 The souls of the very bad are forbidden for a time to re-humanize themselves, and become devils.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. xi. 278 It is time some one undertook to rehumanize you.
1876 F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 446 There are forces at work now..to rehumanise the dehumanised members of society.
1918 Times Lit. Supp. 14 Mar. 127/2 Parini rehumanized Italian poetry, because contented himself to be first of all a man instead of [etc.].
1993 D. A. Smith In Cube xx. 263 The thought warmed me and my spirits rose as I gradually cleansed and rehumanized myself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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