rehumanizes
Makes person again
Rehumanizes means to restore human qualities, dignity, or individuality to someone or something that had been dehumanized.
The word implies a prior state of being treated as less than human—through violence, bureaucracy, or abstraction—and a conscious effort to reverse that: The documentary rehumanizes victims who had been reduced to statistics.
Hearing their stories rehumanizes the refugees.
Sharing another's emotions
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- warmthHeat you feel
- careAttentive regard for others
connection · sensitivity · tenderness · gentleness · mercy · heart · attunement · solidarity
Regard with honor
- worthDegree of importance
- valueImportance or price
- personhoodStatus as a person
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
acknowledgment · individuality · identity · agency · autonomy · self-worth · esteem · honor
Regaining what was lost
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- reformImprove by correcting faults
renewal · transformation · reentry · counseling · restoration · healing · redemption · decarceration
Adopted principle of action
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- justiceFair treatment under law
- inclusionBeing made part
- diversityState of varied elements
equity · ethics · accountability · advocacy · activism · decolonization · anti-racism · housing
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- warmthHeat you feel
care · connection · sensitivity · tenderness · gentleness · mercy · heart · attunement · solidarity · supportiveness
respect
Regard with honor
- worthDegree of importance
- valueImportance or price
- personhoodStatus as a person
recognition · acknowledgment · individuality · identity · agency · autonomy · self-worth · esteem · honor · validation
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- reintegrationRestoration to a group
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- treatmentCare for an ailment
reform · renewal · transformation · reentry · counseling · restoration · healing · redemption · decarceration · support
policy
Adopted principle of action
diversity · equity · ethics · accountability · advocacy · activism · decolonization · anti-racism · housing · representation
rehumanizesdehumanizes
Strips away personhood
dehumanize · objectifies · depersonalizes · brutalizes · degrades