dehumanize

Other forms of dehumanize

past tense

dehumanized·

present participle

dehumanizing·

third person

dehumanizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dehumanize

What does dehumanize mean?

dehumanize means "deprive of human qualities". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dehumanize?

dehumanize has 4 syllables: de-hu-ma-nize. The stress falls on "hu". In IPA it is /dɪˈhjumənaɪz/.

What is another word for dehumanize?

Close synonyms include dehumanise, dehumanise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of dehumanize?

The recorded antonyms are humanize.

Is dehumanize a common word?

dehumanize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.