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Verb: dehumanise  dee'hyoo-mu,nIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: dehumanize)
  1. Deprive of human qualities
    "Life in poverty has dehumanised them";
    - dehumanize
     
  2. Make mechanical or routine
    "The repetitive factory work dehumanised the employees";
    - dehumanize

Derived forms: dehumanised, dehumanises, dehumanising

Type of: degrade, demean, disgrace, mechanise [Brit], mechanize, put down, take down

Antonym: humanise [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Dehumanise