dehumanised

• Beschreibt eine Person oder Gruppe, der positive menschliche Eigenschaften wie Individualität, Mitgefühl oder Würde genommen wurden; auch: als unmenschlich, gefühllos oder entmenschlicht dargestellt.

Describes a person or group that has been deprived of positive human qualities, such as individuality, compassion, or dignity.

1. Deprived of human qualitiesC1formal

   Stripped of human characteristics, emotions, or dignity; treated as less than human.

   Entmenschlicht

   • The prisoners felt dehumanised by the harsh conditions.
   • Modern bureaucracy can make individuals feel dehumanised.
   • The dehumanised treatment of workers in the factory sparked protests.

   Synonymedebaseddegradeddehumanizedinhumansubhumanunhuman

   Antonymecompassionatedignifiedhumane

• Verb, das die Handlung bezeichnet, jemandem seine menschlichen Eigenschaften, Individualität oder sein Mitgefühl zu nehmen oder ihn wie einen Nicht-Menschen zu behandeln.

A verb used to indicate the act of depriving someone of human qualities, individuality, or compassion; to treat as if not human.

1. Deprive of human qualitiesC1formal

   To strip someone of their human characteristics, emotions, or dignity, often treating them as less than human.

   Menschlichkeit nehmen

   • The oppressive regime tried to dehumanise its political prisoners.
   • Propaganda often seeks to dehumanise an entire group of people.
   • The harsh working conditions began to dehumanise the laborers.

   Synonymedegradedemeanobjectify

   Antonymedignifyhumanise

2. Make mechanical or routineC1formal

   To cause something to become automatic, impersonal, or lacking in human warmth or individuality.

   Entmenschlichen

   • The assembly line process can dehumanise the workers' experience.
   • Modern bureaucracy can dehumanise interactions between citizens and the state.
   • The repetitive tasks dehumanised the job, making it feel meaningless.

   Synonymeautomatemechanize

   Antonymehumanise