dehumanisation

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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • The act or process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities: This involves treating people as if they lack human dignity, individuality, or compassion, often reducing them to objects, numbers, or stereotypes.
    • The condition of being degraded or stripped of human attributes: This refers to the state resulting from such treatment, where individuals or groups are perceived or treated as less than human.
Usage and Examples
  • Noun:
    • The systematic dehumanisation of the enemy population was a key tactic in the propaganda war.
    • Critics argue that some industrial processes lead to the dehumanisation of workers, treating them merely as cogs in a machine.
    • The novel explores the psychological dehumanisation experienced by prisoners.
Advanced Usage
  • Conceptual/Theoretical Usage: In sociology and ethics, "dehumanisation" is analyzed as a psychological process that enables cruelty, discrimination, and violence by denying the humanity of others.
    • The study focused on the role of dehumanisation in justifying historical atrocities.
  • Institutional Dehumanisation: Refers to policies, systems, or bureaucratic practices that treat individuals impersonally.
    • The long, impersonal forms were a form of bureaucratic dehumanisation.
Variants and Related Words
  • Dehumanize (verb): To deprive of human qualities or attributes.
    • Propaganda is often used to dehumanize the opposing side.
  • Dehumanizing (adjective): Describing a process or treatment that removes human dignity.
    • The prisoners endured dehumanizing conditions.
  • Dehumanized (adjective): Describing the state of having been stripped of human qualities.
    • The survivors felt utterly dehumanized by their ordeal.
Synonyms
  • Brutalization: The act of making someone brutal, inhumane, or less sensitive.
  • Degradation: The condition of being lowered in dignity or status.
  • Objectification: The act of treating a person as an object or thing.
Antonyms
  • Humanization: The act of endowing with human qualities or attributes; making humane.
  • Empowerment: The process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights.
Related Concepts and Phrases
  • "The banality of evil": A concept often linked to dehumanisation, describing how ordinary people can commit atrocities through thoughtless, bureaucratic, or routinized actions that ignore human individuality.
  • "Othering": The process of perceiving or portraying a person or group as fundamentally different from and alien to oneself, which is a precursor to dehumanisation.
Noun
  1. the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities
    • science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life

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