Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dehumanize
Participle: dehumanized
Gerund: dehumanizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dehumanize |
| you | dehumanize |
| he;she;it | dehumanizes |
| we | dehumanize |
| you | dehumanize |
| they | dehumanize |
Perfect
| I | have dehumanized |
| you | have dehumanized |
| he;she;it | has dehumanized |
| we | have dehumanized |
| you | have dehumanized |
| they | have dehumanized |
Past
| I | dehumanized |
| you | dehumanized |
| he;she;it | dehumanized |
| we | dehumanized |
| you | dehumanized |
| they | dehumanized |
Pluperfect
| I | had dehumanized |
| you | had dehumanized |
| he;she;it | had dehumanized |
| we | had dehumanized |
| you | had dehumanized |
| they | had dehumanized |
Future
| I | will dehumanize |
| you | will dehumanize |
| he;she;it | will dehumanize |
| we | will dehumanize |
| you | will dehumanize |
| they | will dehumanize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dehumanized |
| you | will have dehumanized |
| he;she;it | will have dehumanized |
| we | will have dehumanized |
| you | will have dehumanized |
| they | will have dehumanized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dehumanize |
| you | dehumanize |
| he;she;it | dehumanize |
| we | dehumanize |
| you | dehumanize |
| they | dehumanize |
Perfect
| I | have dehumanized |
| you | have dehumanized |
| he;she;it | have dehumanized |
| we | have dehumanized |
| you | have dehumanized |
| they | have dehumanized |
Imperfect
| I | dehumanized |
| you | dehumanized |
| he;she;it | dehumanized |
| we | dehumanized |
| you | dehumanized |
| they | dehumanized |
Pluperfect
| I | had dehumanized |
| you | had dehumanized |
| he;she;it | had dehumanized |
| we | had dehumanized |
| you | had dehumanized |
| they | had dehumanized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dehumanize |
| you | would dehumanize |
| he;she;it | would dehumanize |
| we | would dehumanize |
| you | would dehumanize |
| they | would dehumanize |
Perfect
| I | would have dehumanized |
| you | would have dehumanized |
| he;she;it | would have dehumanized |
| we | would have dehumanized |
| you | would have dehumanized |
| they | would have dehumanized |
Imperative
| you | dehumanize |
| we | Let's dehumanize |
| you | dehumanize |
Verbs conjugated like 'dehumanize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dehumanize'
de-humanize,
dehumanise,
rehumanize,
de-humanise,
humanize,
rehumanise,
unhumanize,
deaminize,
decimalize,
dedemonize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *de
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
4. Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
5. Proto-Italic *dē
6. Latin dē
7. Latin dē-der.
8. English de-
9. Latin hūmānusbor.
10. Old French umain
11. Middle French humainbor.
12. Middle English humayne
13. English human
14. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
15. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
16. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
17. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
18. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
19. Late Latin -izōder.
20. Middle French -iserbor.
21. Middle English -isen
22. English -ize
23. English humanize
24. English dehumanize
25. From de- + humanize.
Sample Sentences
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In its consistently logical form Quietism makes communion between man and God an impossibility by annulling the distinction between them, ultimately reducing God to a vague and empty abstraction, and dehumanizing man. [1919, James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gray, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics: Picts-Sacraments, page 535:]
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Yet we are dismayed by the failures and forces that dehumanize and defeat the finest dreams and plans of this generation. [1968, Stewart L. Udall, 1976: Agenda for Tomorrow, page 3:]
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To what extent can we stop making the culture of the Other so dehumanized and Satanized as to make the Other fit to be genocidable? [1999, Ursula E. Beitter, The New Europe at the Crossroads, page 129:]
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And, in this country, the traditional, ingrained way to dehumanize people, to make both their pain and their individuality irrelevant, is to rely on their race. [2003, Stephen P. Garvey, editor, Beyond Repair? America's Death Penalty, →ISBN, page 141:]
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A Melbourne woman says she feels “dehumanised” after being filmed without consent for a “random act of kindness” TikTok that went viral. [2022 July 14, Rafqa Touma, “Melbourne woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent”, in The Guardian:]
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From this sort of work, we learn to have a contempt for sadism, for anything that dehumanizes, and to have compassion for the everyday people who pay the price for the designs of proud and evil men. [2023 November 2, David Brooks, “How to Stay Sane in Brutalizing Times”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2023:]