"dehumanization" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /diːˌhjuːmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/ [UK] Forms: dehumanizations [plural]
Etymology: From de- + humanization or dehumanize + -ation or de- + human + -ization. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|humanization}} de- + humanization, {{suffix|en|dehumanize|ation}} dehumanize + -ation, {{confix|en|de|human|ization}} de- + human + -ization Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dehumanization (countable and uncountable, plural dehumanizations)
  1. The act or process of dehumanizing. Wikipedia link: dehumanization Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: dehumanisation Related terms: dewomanization Translations (the act or process of dehumanizing): ապամարդկայնացում (apamardkaynacʻum) (Armenian), дэгуманіза́цыя (dehumanizácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), дехуманиза́ция (dehumanizácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), deshumanització [feminine] (Catalan), 非人化 (fēirénhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), dehumanizace [feminine] (Czech), dehumanisering [common-gender] (Danish), ontmenselijking [feminine] (Dutch), ebainimlikustamine (Estonian), epäinhimillistäminen (Finnish), ihmisarvon kieltäminen (Finnish), déshumanisation [feminine] (French), deshumanización [feminine] (Galician), Entmenschlichung [feminine] (German), Dehumanisation [feminine] (German), απανθρωποποίηση (apanthropopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), disumanizzazione [feminine] (Italian), 非人間化 (hiningenka) (alt: ひにんげんか) (Japanese), 비인간화 (biin'ganhwa) (alt: 非人間化) (Korean), дехуманизација (dehumanizacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), dehumanisering [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dehumanizacja [feminine] (Polish), odczłowieczenie [neuter] (Polish), desumanização [feminine] (Portuguese), dezumanizare [feminine] (Romanian), обесчелове́чивание (obesčelovéčivanije) [neuter] (Russian), дегуманиза́ция (degumanizácija) [feminine] (Russian), расчелове́чивание (rasčelovéčivanije) [neuter] (Russian), расчелове́чение (rasčelovéčenije) [neuter] (Russian), дехуманизација [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dehumanizacija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dehumanizácia [feminine] (Slovak), dehumanizacija [feminine] (Slovene), deshumanización [feminine] (Spanish), avhumanisering [common-gender] (Swedish), insandışılaştırma (Turkish), дегуманіза́ція (dehumanizácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), розлю́днення (rozljúdnennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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          "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
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          "roman": "rozljúdnennja",
          "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
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      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
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      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "apanthropopoíisi",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
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      "alt": "ひにんげんか",
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      "roman": "hiningenka",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "word": "非人間化"
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      "alt": "非人間化",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "biin'ganhwa",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "word": "비인간화"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dehumanizacija",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "дехуманизација"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dehumanizacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
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      "word": "odczłowieczenie"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desumanização"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dezumanizare"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obesčelovéčivanije",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
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        "neuter"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "degumanizácija",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дегуманиза́ция"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasčelovéčivanije",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "расчелове́чивание"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasčelovéčenije",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "расчелове́чение"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дехуманизација"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dehumanizacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dehumanizácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dehumanizacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deshumanización"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "avhumanisering"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "word": "insandışılaştırma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dehumanizácija",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дегуманіза́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozljúdnennja",
      "sense": "the act or process of dehumanizing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "розлю́днення"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dehumanization"
}

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