noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/diːˌhjuːmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The act or process of dehumanizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dehumanisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: degradation, debasement
History
Etymology
From de- + humanization or dehumanize + -ation or de- + human + -ization.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ապամարդկայնացում
(apamardkaynacʻum)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Belarusian:
дэгуманіза́цыя
(dehumanizácyja)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Bulgarian:
дехуманиза́ция
(dehumanizácija)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Catalan:
deshumanització
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Chinese Mandarin:
非人化
(fēirénhuà)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Czech:
dehumanizace
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Danish:
dehumanisering
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Dutch:
ontmenselijking
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Estonian:
ebainimlikustamine
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Finnish:
epäinhimillistäminen
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Finnish:
ihmisarvon kieltäminen
— the act or process of dehumanizing
French:
déshumanisation
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Galician:
deshumanización
— the act or process of dehumanizing
German:
Entmenschlichung
— the act or process of dehumanizing
German:
Dehumanisation
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Greek:
απανθρωποποίηση
(apanthropopoíisi)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Italian:
disumanizzazione
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Japanese:
非人間化
(hiningenka)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Korean:
비인간화
(biin'ganhwa)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Macedonian:
дехуманизација
(dehumanizacija)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Norwegian Bokmål:
dehumanisering
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Polish:
dehumanizacja
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Polish:
odczłowieczenie
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Portuguese:
desumanização
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Romanian:
dezumanizare
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Russian:
обесчелове́чивание
(obesčelovéčivanije)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Russian:
дегуманиза́ция
(degumanizácija)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Russian:
расчелове́чивание
(rasčelovéčivanije)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Russian:
расчелове́чение
(rasčelovéčenije)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Serbo-Croatian:
дехуманизација
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Serbo-Croatian:
dehumanizacija
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Slovak:
dehumanizácia
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Slovene:
dehumanizacija
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Spanish:
deshumanización
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Swedish:
avhumanisering
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Turkish:
insandışılaştırma
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Ukrainian:
дегуманіза́ція
(dehumanizácija)
— the act or process of dehumanizing
Ukrainian:
розлю́днення
(rozljúdnennja)
— the act or process of dehumanizing