1. the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities; - Example: "science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life" [syn: dehumanization, dehumanisation]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dehumanization
n 1: the act of degrading people with respect to their best
qualities; "science has been blamed for the dehumanization
of modern life" [syn: dehumanization, dehumanisation]