Dehumanisation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanization. UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable

    "Jada's case happened within the wider context of a world that objectifies women, and hypersexualises black women, in particular, to the point of dehumanisation."

  2. 2
    the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities wordnet

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"Jada's case happened within the wider context of a world that objectifies women, and hypersexualises black women, in particular, to the point of dehumanisation."

Etymology

From dehumanise + -ation or de- + humanisation.

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