as in humiliated
to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being
being deprived of clothes dehumanized the prisoners
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Recent Examples of dehumanized
The Coalition for the Homeless says the city's unhoused are often dehumanized and criminalized.
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Jennifer Bisram,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
In a world that often feels fragmented and dehumanized, reclaiming this universality is an ethical act.
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Ed Meza,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
Our past, our lives, dehumanized into numbers.
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Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
The guy’s ghosting of me also dehumanized him.
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Anna Holmes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
Jennifer Bisram,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
In a world that often feels fragmented and dehumanized, reclaiming this universality is an ethical act.
—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
Our past, our lives, dehumanized into numbers.
—
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
The guy’s ghosting of me also dehumanized him.
—
Anna Holmes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dehumanized
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Israel must leave humiliated and defeated — and that is exactly what will happen.
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The novel follows 16-year-old Abby, who is left humiliated after a private photo gets shared around school.
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Described as a biting political thriller in the tradition of Wild in the Streets and V for Vendetta, The Hunted is set in a dystopian America where trans people are brutalized and erased to the margins of society.
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Family Photo The family had fled the Congo after Carine, an activist, was brutalized for speaking out against the ruling regime.
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The special bond between Supergirl and her scruffy animal sidekick becomes a key plot point in Kara’s new solo movie, where Krypto is poisoned by space outlaw Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts).
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Kara Zor-El (Alcock) goes on a planet-hopping mission to save her beloved Krypto – with young and vengeful girl Ruthye (Eve Ridley) in tow – after he’s poisoned by the villainous Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts).
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“Dehumanized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dehumanized. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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