dehumanizes
Treats as subhuman
Dehumanizes means to strip away someone's humanity or dignity, treating them as less than human.
Propaganda often dehumanizes enemies to make violence against them more acceptable.
Systems can dehumanize: The prison dehumanizes inmates by reducing them to numbers.
The word implies deliberate cruelty or institutional indifference that denies people their basic worth.
Diminishes in quality
- subjugatesBrings under complete control
- objectifiesTreats someone as thing
- marginalizesRelegates to insignificance
- enslavesForces into servitude
exploits · colonizes · discriminates · persecutes · brutalizes · devalues · diminishes · silences
Removes individual human qualities
- desensitizesMakes less responsive
- dissociatesMentally separates or disconnects
- numbsDeprives of sensation
- detachesRemoves from connection
alienates · disconnects · traumatizes · burnout · compassion fatigue · Milgram · bystander effect · conformity
Makes self-running
- algorithmsFinite instruction sequences
- commodifiesMakes into tradeable goods
- profilesSummaries of characteristics
- tracksMarks showing passage
monetizes · facial recognition · social credit · predictive policing · gig economy · content moderation · sweatshop · assembly line
Imposes official procedures
- processesSeries of actions
- numbersCounting and calculation symbols
- casesContainers or instances
- inmatesIncarcerated individuals
detainees · patients · subjects · refugees · undocumented · homeless · anonymous · faceless
Demeaning identity-based insults
- epithetsCharacterizing phrases for people
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- caricaturesExaggerated comic depictions
- propagandaBiased information for influence
demonizes · animalizes · labels · derogatory · pejorative · dogwhistle · scapegoats · vilifies
degrades
Diminishes in quality
- subjugatesBrings under complete control
- objectifiesTreats someone as thing
- marginalizesRelegates to insignificance
enslaves · exploits · colonizes · discriminates · persecutes · brutalizes · devalues · diminishes · silences · erases
depersonalizes
Removes individual human qualities
- desensitizesMakes less responsive
- dissociatesMentally separates or disconnects
- numbsDeprives of sensation
detaches · alienates · disconnects · traumatizes · burnout · compassion fatigue · Milgram · bystander effect · conformity
automates
Makes self-running
- algorithmsFinite instruction sequences
- commodifiesMakes into tradeable goods
- profilesSummaries of characteristics
tracks · monetizes · facial recognition · social credit · predictive policing · gig economy · content moderation · sweatshop · assembly line · factory farming
bureaucratizes
Imposes official procedures
inmates · detainees · patients · subjects · refugees · undocumented · homeless · anonymous · faceless · statistics
slurs
Demeaning identity-based insults
- epithetsCharacterizing phrases for people
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- caricaturesExaggerated comic depictions
propaganda · demonizes · animalizes · labels · derogatory · pejorative · dogwhistle · scapegoats · vilifies · pathologizes
dehumanizeshumanizes
Makes more relatable
humanize · rehumanizes · personifies · individualizes · dignifies
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