Unhumanize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To strip of humanity; to dehumanize. transitive

    "Further, in making him a slave, he does not merely unhumanize one individual, but UNIVERSAL MAN. He destroys the foundations."

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"Further, in making him a slave, he does not merely unhumanize one individual, but UNIVERSAL MAN. He destroys the foundations."

Etymology

From un- + humanize.

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