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Dehumanization

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of dehumanizing. countable, uncountable

    "Lowi's concern for the rule of law tends to forget that government is not only by but for men; he substitutes an older [impersonality] for the dehumanizations of the new."

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

Etymology

From de- + humanization or dehumanize + -ation or de- + human + -ization.

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