DEHUMANIZATION
\dˌɛhjuːmˌana͡ɪzˈe͡ɪʃən], \dˌɛhjuːmˌanaɪzˈeɪʃən], \d_ˌɛ_h_j_uː_m_ˌa_n_aɪ_z_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DEHUMANIZATION
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the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities; "science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life"
By Princeton University
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the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities; "science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The more or less complete loss of human characteristics, mental or physical. Vaccine lymph is said to be humanized when it has been propagated through one or more human beings and to be dehumanized, i. e., deprived of some supposed modification impressed upon it by the human system, by retrovaccination in animals. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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