dehumanisation

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English

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Etymology

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From dehumanise +‎ -ation or de- +‎ humanisation.

Noun

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dehumanisation (countable and uncountable, plural dehumanisations)

  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of dehumanization.
    • 2014 July 17, Laura Bates, “#JadaPose: the online ridiculing of a teen victim is part of a sickening trend”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Jada's case happened within the wider context of a world that objectifies women, and hypersexualises black women, in particular, to the point of dehumanisation.
    • 2019 August 16, Nyadol Nyuon, “It's easy to argue for free speech when it's not you or your children in the firing line”, in The Guardian[2]:
      When your priority is free speech and ours is our lives, you don’t understand we can’t afford to pay for your privilege with our dehumanisations, the first step to opening us up for any evil.