humanize
Add personal touch
To humanize is to make something more human or relatable.
You might humanize a public figure by showing their personal struggles, or humanize statistics by telling individual stories: The documentary humanized the refugees by following three families.
In another sense, to humanize conditions is to make them more humane or bearable: Prison reform efforts sought to humanize the facilities.
Ascribe human characteristics to
- embodyExpress through physical form
- incarnateGiven bodily form
- personifyRepresent as human
- characterizeDescribe distinctive qualities
represent · epitomize · manifest · animate · enliven · vivify · individualize
Soft and kind
- softenMake less firm
- temperState of mind
- moderateLessen intensity or preside
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
ease · mollify · demystify · de-escalate · defuse · normalize · civilize
Easy to identify with
- accessibleAble to be reached
- approachableEasy to engage with
- authenticVerified as original
- genuineTruly what it claims
down-to-earth · personable · real · identifiable · grounded · sincere · unpretentious · connect
Showing concern for sufferers
- mercifulDisposed toward forgiveness
- benevolentDesiring others' welfare
- kindType or caring
- sympatheticFeeling others' emotions
forgiving · charitable · tolerant · gracious · clement · lenient · gentle · ethical
anthropomorphize
Ascribe human characteristics to
characterize · represent · epitomize · manifest · animate · enliven · vivify · individualize
gentle
Soft and kind
warm · ease · mollify · demystify · de-escalate · defuse · normalize · civilize
relatable
Easy to identify with
- accessibleAble to be reached
- approachableEasy to engage with
- authenticVerified as original
genuine · down-to-earth · personable · real · identifiable · grounded · sincere · unpretentious · connect · resonate
compassionate
Showing concern for sufferers
- mercifulDisposed toward forgiveness
- benevolentDesiring others' welfare
- kindType or caring
sympathetic · forgiving · charitable · tolerant · gracious · clement · lenient · gentle · ethical · decent
humanizedehumanize
Strip of dignity
dehumanise · objectify · depersonalize · unhumanize · dehumanizes
- humanitarian aidCrisis relief for sufferers
- crimes against humanitySystematic persecution of civilians
- humanitarian crisisLarge-scale emergency harming populations
- humanitarian workEfforts aiding those in crisis
- humanitarian missionOrganized aid to suffering populations
- humanitarian crisesEvents causing mass suffering
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