dehumanizer

English

Etymology

From dehumanize +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈhjuːmənaɪzə(ɹ)/

Noun

dehumanizer (plural dehumanizers)

1. One who, or that which, dehumanizes.
   • 1992 January 30, Jennifer Dunning, “Review/Dance; Premiere Opens Season For Nikolais and Louis”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Both looked a little dry and dutiful, "Temple," danced to Mr. Nikolais's music, a little decorous as well, but the excerpt from "Graph" proving once more that Mr. Nikolais is anything but the dehumanizer he is sometimes accused of being.

   • 2023 November 2, David Brooks, “How to Stay Sane in Brutalizing Times”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     What sunlight is to the vampire, recognition is to the dehumanizers.

Anagrams

• rehumanized