What is another word for dehumanizing?

Pronunciation: [dˈɛhjuːmˌana͡ɪzɪŋ] (IPA)

Dehumanizing is a term that is often used to refer to actions or situations that strip people of their dignity and worth as humans. However, there are a variety of synonyms that can be used to convey similar meanings. For example, some might use the term "degrading" to describe actions that undermine a person's humanity, while others might use "devaluing" to suggest that someone is treating another person as though they are worth less than they truly are. Other potential synonyms might include "dehumanizing," "depreciating," or "depriving." Regardless of the specific word used, the idea is always the same: people deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, and anything that subverts these values is unacceptable.

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Usage examples for Dehumanizing

Nevertheless, the existence of slavery in the midst of a society believing in individualism increased its dehumanizing effects.
"The Black Experience in America The Immigrant Heritage of America"
Norman Coombs
Each, in turn, tried to prove to the rest of the world that its ideology was genuinely humane and democratic, while its opponent's ideology was, in reality, oppressive and dehumanizing.
"The Black Experience in America The Immigrant Heritage of America"
Norman Coombs
Manifold as are the evils which flow from it-dehumanizing as are its tendencies-fearful as its reaction confessedly is on its supporters,-the reproach of its existence does not terminate on the institutions which gave it birth: the sublime principles and benign spirit of Christianity are dishonored by it.
"A Visit To The United States In 1841"
Joseph Sturge

Famous quotes with Dehumanizing

  • The significant point is that people unfit for freedom — who cannot do much with it — are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities.Freedom gives us a chance to realize our human and individual uniqueness.Absolute power achieves uniqueness by dehumanizing others.Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.
    Eric Hoffer
  • My answer to this dilemma was self-discipline. I figured I could just make myself do good things, think good thoughts about other people, but that was no easier than walking up to a complete stranger and falling in love with them. I could go through the motions for a while, but sooner or later my heart would testify to its true love: darkness. Then I would get up and try again. The cycle was dehumanizing.
    Don Miller (author)
  • The most ambitious effort to fashion a new-age manifesto was Mark Satin's comprehensive but quite readable . ... More historically grounded than the bulk of new-age literature, Satin's book found transformative significance in the feminist and ecology struggles of the period, which, however, he tried mightily to fit into the new paradigmatic shift; these movements were important [to Satin] precisely insofar as they transcended "politics" and could be integrated into a spiritual outlook. Satin conceded that efforts by movements and parties to win reforms might be useful here and there, but they could never be the heart of the matter. ... Satin was convinced that, in the end, the desired aim of a new harmonious world comprised of people fully in touch with nature and their inner selves would have to be realized outside of and against a hopelessly corrupt and dehumanizing institutional system.
    Mark Satin
  • I didn’t come to the personal conclusion that God probably didn’t exist because I was angry....It wasn’t merely a reaction to the problems I saw in many religious beliefs and communities, or to the negative experiences I’d had—I had already made my peace with my past and saw that religious communities were making progress on addressing dehumanizing beliefs and practices. Rather, it was a conclusion I came to through intellectual and personal consideration. As I studied religion, I took a step back and reflected on the arguments for and against the existence of God, and was underwhelmed by the evidence. Recalling my nontheism in childhood, it suddenly seemed odd that I had adopted a theistic worldview after not having had one in my youth. It became apparent that believing in a divine force simply didn’t resonate with my experiences or how I understood the world.
    Chris Stedman
  • For the first time in history, children are growing up whose earliest sexual imprinting derives not from a living human being, or fantasies of their own; since the 1960s pornographic upsurge, the sexuality of children has begun to be shaped in response to cues that are no longer human. […] Today's children and young men and women have sexual identities that spiral around paper and celluloid phantoms: from Playboy to music videos to the blank female torsos in women’s magazines, features obscured and eyes extinguished, they are being imprinted with a sexuality that is mass-produced, deliberately dehumanizing and inhuman.
    Naomi Wolf

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