Usually means: Reducing individuals to less than human.
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  1. dehumanisation: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. dehumanisation: Dictionary.com
  6. Dehumanisation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. dehumanisation: Rhymezone
  8. dehumanisation: FreeDictionary.org
  9. dehumanisation: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. dehumanisation: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanization. [The act or process of dehumanizing.]

Similar:
dehumanization, humanisation, depersonalisation, dehumaniser, deindividualisation, denormalisation, overhumanisation, impersonalisation, deanthropomorphization, stigmatisation, more...

Opposite:
humanization, personification, empathy

Types:
genocide, ethnic cleansing, democide, extermination, more...

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Similar:
dehumanization, humanisation, depersonalisation, dehumaniser, deindividualisation, denormalisation, overhumanisation, impersonalisation, deanthropomorphization, stigmatisation, more...

Opposite:
humanization, personification, empathy

Types:
genocide, ethnic cleansing, democide, extermination, more...



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