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
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.
—Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
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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Still, Friday ranked as one of the most unexpected breakdowns in international sports since Germany humiliated host Brazil, 7-1, at the 2014 soccer World Cup.—
Bora Erden,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Be ashamed and humiliated and would have apologized.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
11 Feb. 2026
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Former New York Jets linebacker Darron Lee has been arrested and charged in the murder of his girlfriend, who was found brutalized at a home in Tennessee on Thursday before succumbing to her injuries.—
Jami Ganz,
Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Former New York Jets linebacker Darron Lee has been arrested and charged in the murder of his girlfriend, who was found brutalized at a home in Tennessee on Thursday before succumbing to her injuries.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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This friend group is so poisoned.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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In 2016, dozens of residents from a subdivision about 20 miles from the Boarmans’ home sued oil giant ConocoPhillips, alleging that years of improper oil field waste disposal had poisoned their drinking water.—
Nick Bowlin,
The Frontier,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Dehumanized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dehumanized. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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