Definition of "dehumanize"

dehumanize

/diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/

verb
third-person singular simple present dehumanizes, present participle dehumanizing, simple past and past participle dehumanized
1. To take away humanity; to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes; to impersonalize.
  Quotations
  Yet we are dismayed by the failures and forces that dehumanize and defeat the finest dreams and plans of this generation.
  1968, Stewart L. Udall, 1976: Agenda for Tomorrow, page 3
  And, in this country, the traditional, ingrained way to dehumanize people, to make both their pain and their individuality irrelevant, is to rely on their race.
  2003, Stephen P. Garvey, editor, Beyond Repair? America's Death Penalty, page 141
  A Melbourne woman says she feels “dehumanised” after being filmed without consent for a “random act of kindness” TikTok that went viral.
  2022 July 14, Rafqa Touma, “Melbourne woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent”, in The Guardian‎