dehumanise

See also: de-humanise

English

Etymology

Verb

dehumanise (third-person singular simple present dehumanises, present participle dehumanising, simple past and past participle dehumanised)

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanize.
- 2015 June 28, Sophie Warnes, “On “manspreading” & “she-bagging””, in Medium‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 May 2022:
  Point is, this “she-bagging” phenomenon doesn’t happen in a vacuum, devoid of context — it happens in a culture that routinely dehumanises women and disrespects their wish or need for personal space.
- 2022 July 14, Rafqa Touma, “Melbourne woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:
  A Melbourne woman says she feels “dehumanised” after being filmed without consent for a “random act of kindness” TikTok that went viral.
- 2022 October 30, Mark Townsend, “Experts fear rising global ‘incel’ culture could provoke terrorism”, in The Guardian‎^[3], retrieved 3 December 2023:
  Almost 1,000 references to dehumanising misogyny or violent action are recorded each day in the “incelosphere” as the toxicity of male supremacist content continues to intensify.
- 2023 August 23, “Network News: Lynch: "dehumanising of our railways"”, in RAIL, number 990, page 8:
  RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said the news that more than 315,000 responses had been received to the ticket office closure consultation revealed "how strongly the travelling public feel about plans to dehumanise the rail network", and the "mass public opposition" to the Government and operators' proposals.