"humanize" meaning in English

See humanize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/ [UK, US] Forms: humanizes [present, singular, third-person], humanizing [participle, present], humanized [participle, past], humanized [past]
Etymology: From human + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|human|ize}} human + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} humanize (third-person singular simple present humanizes, present participle humanizing, simple past and past participle humanized)
  1. (transitive) To make human; to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a human. Tags: transitive Translations (to make human): njerizoj (Albanian), очовечавам (očovečavam) (Bulgarian), цивилизовам (civilizovam) (Bulgarian), humanitzar (Catalan), humanizovat (Czech), humanisere (Danish), inimlikustama (Estonian), inhimillistää [transitive] (Finnish), humaanistaa (Finnish), inhimillistyä [intransitive] (Finnish), humaanistua (Finnish), humaniser (French), humanizar (Galician), humanisieren (German), manusiakan (Indonesian), umanizzare (Italian), uczłowieczyć [perfective] (Polish), uczłowieczać [imperfective] (Polish), humanizar (Portuguese), очеловечить (očelovečitʹ) (Russian), humanizar (Spanish), insanlaşmak (Turkish), олюднити (oljudnyty) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (transitive) To make sympathetic or relatable. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-humanize-en-verb--aObEx5l
  3. (intransitive) To become humane or civilized. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-humanize-en-verb-~KRe~HLl
  4. (transitive, medicine) To convert into something human or belonging to humans. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-humanize-en-verb--Ih03ORC Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: humanise (english: non-Oxford British English) Derived forms: humanization, humanizable, humanizer
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /hjuːˈmeɪn.aɪz/ [UK, US] Forms: humanizes [present, singular, third-person], humanizing [participle, present], humanized [participle, past], humanized [past]
Etymology: From humane + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|humane|ize}} humane + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} humanize (third-person singular simple present humanizes, present participle humanizing, simple past and past participle humanized)
  1. To make humane.
    Sense id: en-humanize-en-verb-tKCFQi1d
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: humanise (english: non-Oxford British English)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "a. 1720 (date written), Joseph Addison, “Section II. The Power and Wisdom of God in the Creation.”, in The Evidences of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], published 1730, →OCLC, subsection IV, page 16:",
          "text": "VVas it the buſineſs of magic to humanize our natures with compaſſion, forgiveneſs, and all the inſtances of the moſt extenſive charity?",
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          "ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter V, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:",
          "text": "A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.\n ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’",
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          "roman": "oljudnyty",
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          "ref": "2000, Robert J. Emery, The directors: in their own words, volume 2, page 267:",
          "text": "I think they would try to humanize the worst villains in history out of their fear that the audience might not like the central character.",
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          "ref": "2012 January 9, “Margaret Thatcher: Let's hear it for the Iron Lady, comedy's greatest straight man”, in The Independent:",
          "text": "The Oscar-winning film The Iron Lady humanised Thatcher.",
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          "ref": "2012, CQ Press, The Powers of the Presidency, pages 40–41:",
          "text": "Like the three ceremonial functions based on the Constitutions, these informal chief of state activities emphasize the president's role as the leader of the nation, but many of them also serve to humanize the president and symbolically bridge the gap between the president and the people.",
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          "ref": "2017 October 30, Bernard Marr, “The Amazing Ways Spotify Uses Big Data, AI And Machine Learning To Drive Business Success”, in Forbes:",
          "text": "We can also expect the company to continue to humanize data in creative ways like it did when it used its vast amounts of data to launch a global ad campaign that highlighted some of the more bizarre user habits of 2016.",
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          "text": "to humanize vaccine lymph",
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          "ref": "a. 1720 (date written), Joseph Addison, “Section II. The Power and Wisdom of God in the Creation.”, in The Evidences of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], published 1730, →OCLC, subsection IV, page 16:",
          "text": "VVas it the buſineſs of magic to humanize our natures with compaſſion, forgiveneſs, and all the inſtances of the moſt extenſive charity?",
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          "ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter V, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:",
          "text": "A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.\n ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’",
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          "text": "I think they would try to humanize the worst villains in history out of their fear that the audience might not like the central character.",
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          "ref": "2012 January 9, “Margaret Thatcher: Let's hear it for the Iron Lady, comedy's greatest straight man”, in The Independent:",
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          "ref": "2012, CQ Press, The Powers of the Presidency, pages 40–41:",
          "text": "Like the three ceremonial functions based on the Constitutions, these informal chief of state activities emphasize the president's role as the leader of the nation, but many of them also serve to humanize the president and symbolically bridge the gap between the president and the people.",
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          "ref": "2017 October 30, Bernard Marr, “The Amazing Ways Spotify Uses Big Data, AI And Machine Learning To Drive Business Success”, in Forbes:",
          "text": "We can also expect the company to continue to humanize data in creative ways like it did when it used its vast amounts of data to launch a global ad campaign that highlighted some of the more bizarre user habits of 2016.",
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          "ref": "1932, Mariadas Ruthnaswamy, The making of the state, page 102:",
          "text": "In China, as in India, Buddhism humanized the government and the people. It was a Chinese Emperor, Ming-Ti (a.d. 58-76), converted to Buddhism that abolished the penalty of death.",
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          "text": "And consequently he humanized the company. He instituted excellent employee benefits.",
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          "text": "Some leftists believed that Cardenas humanized the government and harmonized its workings with the needs of the common people at the same time that peasant and worker activists placed demands on the political system.",
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