dehumanises
Treats as objects
Dehumanises is the British spelling of dehumanizes—to strip away someone's humanity or treat them as less than human.
Propaganda often dehumanises enemies to make violence against them more palatable.
Systems and institutions can dehumanise through bureaucratic indifference: The prison system dehumanises inmates.
The word implies moral failure in how people or groups are regarded.
Unjust exercise of power
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- objectificationReducing humans to things
- exploitationSelfish use of others
subjugation · othering · degradation · institutionalization · colonialism · apartheid · segregation · caste
Innate personal worth
- empathySharing another's emotions
- identityWho someone is
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- alienationState of being isolated
shame · humiliation · worthlessness · numbness · dissociation · objectification · cruelty · contempt
Hostile opposing party
- combatantOne who fights
- civilianNon-military person
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- propagandaBiased information for influence
atrocity · genocide · massacre · prisoner · detention · interrogation · collateral · targeting
Self-operating system design
- algorithmsFinite instruction sequences
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- dataFacts for analysis
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
biometrics · tracking · anonymization · digitization · mechanization · bureaucracy · efficiency · metrics
Selfish use of others
- sweatshopExploitative manufacturing workplace
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
alienation · burnout · productivity · quotas · automation · disposability · precarity · factory
oppression
Unjust exercise of power
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- objectificationReducing humans to things
exploitation · subjugation · othering · degradation · institutionalization · colonialism · apartheid · segregation · caste · slavery
dignity
Innate personal worth
alienation · shame · humiliation · worthlessness · numbness · dissociation · objectification · cruelty · contempt · dismissal
enemy
Hostile opposing party
propaganda · atrocity · genocide · massacre · prisoner · detention · interrogation · collateral · targeting · drone
automation
Self-operating system design
- algorithmsFinite instruction sequences
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- dataFacts for analysis
profiling · biometrics · tracking · anonymization · digitization · mechanization · bureaucracy · efficiency · metrics · quantification
exploitation
Selfish use of others
- sweatshopExploitative manufacturing workplace
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
outsourcing · alienation · burnout · productivity · quotas · automation · disposability · precarity · factory · industrialization
dehumaniseshumanises
Renders more relatable
personalises · individualises · sees · understands · embraces