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单词 dehumanizing
释义

dehumanizing

adjective

de·​hu·​man·​iz·​ing (ˌ)dē-ˈ(h)yü-mə-ˌnī-ziŋ How to pronounce dehumanizing (audio)
: depriving someone of human qualities, personality, or dignity : demeaning or damaging to a person's humanity or individuality
a dehumanizing caricature/slur
dehumanizing statistics
Before even being allowed to call a lawyer, the arrestee is faced with the dehumanizing treatment of a strip search … John W. Whitehead
This kind of language is deliberately dehumanizing: the athlete is referred to not as a person but as a "brand", throughout. Felix Salmon
Inmates at the South Carolina prison cited dehumanizing conditions such as a lack of sunlight, poor and insufficient food, and few rehabilitative programs as reasons they lost hope. Aaron Cantú
Not only are writers selling their products, they essentially become their products: author as commodity. It's a weirdly dehumanizing experience. Rachel Donadio
… the dehumanizing nastiness of having your intimate personal photos hacked … Joe Fay

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

dehumanizing

verb

present participle of dehumanize
as in humiliating
to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being being deprived of clothes dehumanized the prisoners

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • humiliating
  • brutalizing
  • demeaning
  • degrading
  • poisoning
  • animalizing
  • subverting
  • polluting
  • bestializing
  • depraving
  • contaminating
  • debauching
  • corrupting
  • humbling
  • disgracing
  • prostituting
  • abasing
  • warping
  • tainting
  • profaning
  • perverting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • improving
  • honoring
  • dignifying
  • exalting
  • amending
  • cleansing
  • purifying
  • respecting
  • restoring
  • uplifting
  • elevating
  • ennobling
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