dehumanizing

diːˈhjuːmənaɪzɪŋ
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Translation of dehumanizing into German,

Adjective

1.

impersonal treatment

reducing individuals to objects or numbers
  • The dehumanizing process ignored personal stories.Der entmenschlichende Prozess ignorierte persönliche Geschichten.
2.

loss of dignity

stripping away human qualities and dignity
entmenschlichend entwürdigend
  • The dehumanizing system treated everyone as identical.Das entmenschlichende System behandelte alle als identisch.

Noun

social issues

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action of treating people as less than human
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Entmenschlichung fDehumanisierung
  • Dehumanizing was a common tactic in propaganda.Entmenschlichung war eine gängige Taktik in der Propaganda.
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Examples of dehumanizing in a sentence

  • Dehumanizing policies stripped away individual identities.
  • The dehumanizing comments left a lasting impact on her.
  • Working in such dehumanizing conditions was unbearable.
  • The report condemned the dehumanizing of refugees at the border.
  • She spoke out against the dehumanizing in the company’s hiring practices.
dehumanize
diːˈhjuːməˌnaɪz
Verb
tr.

dignity

remove human qualities or make someone feel like an object
entmenschlichen dehumanisieren
  • The guards tried to dehumanize the prisoners.Die Wächter versuchten, die Gefangenen zu entmenschlichen.

Translations of "dehumanizing" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
dieEntmenschlichungnf.

For me, the fatigue was dehumanizing and alienating.

Die Müdigkeit war für mich eine Erfahrung der Entmenschlichung und Verfremdung.

Entmenschlichenn.

In certain a sense, we shall be dehumanizing the delivery.

In einem bestimmten Sinn, müssen wir die Entbindung entmenschlichen.

Adjective / Participle
entmenschlichtpp.

Torture destroys the tortured one, but it's dehumanizing the torturer.

Folter vernichtet den Gefolterten, aber sie entmenschlicht den Folterer.

unmenschlicheadj.

Torture, starvation, and dehumanizing conditions were part of daily life.

Folter, Hunger und unmenschliche Bedingungen waren hier Bestandteil des Alltags.

unmenschlichsteadj.

It's the most dehumanizing thing you can possibly do to a person,

Es ist das Unmenschlichste, was wir einem Menschen antun können.

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Other translations for dehumanizing:

  • entmenschlichend
  • entmenschlichende

dehumanizing: Examples and translations in context

Clearly the breakdown of the family is reflected in dehumanizing attitudes by the children.

Es ist klar, dass die Auflösungserscheinungen des Familienlebens sich in der Entmenschlichung der Kinder zeigen.

The brutality of the guards and inmates, cruel forms of torture, and systematic dehumanizing practices surpass anything imaginable.

Die Brutalität der Wächter und der Mithäftlinge, die grausamen Foltermethoden, die systematische Entmenschlichung übersteigen jedes Vorstellungsvermögen.

The media can be a force for authentic humanization, but just as easily prove dehumanizing.

Die Medien können eine authentische Humanisierung fördern, sie können aber ebenso eine Entmenschlichung nach sich ziehen.

Thus the oppressing psychiatric system could - on a fictional basis, only by using force - stabilize itself so that even many of the victims do not charge it with the humiliation and dehumanizing which they have experienced.

Damit konnte sich das System - OHNE irgendeine Grundlage außer der Gewalt! - soweit stabilisieren, daß selbst viele der Opfer die Entwürdigung und Entmenschlichung, die sie erfahren haben, nicht dem unterdrückenden System anlasten.

By reducing, disparaging and denying all spiritual purpose of the human and the creation, by dehumanizing the individual and society through simplistic-looking theories, it denudes humanity of its substance and its reason for being.

Durch Reduzierung, Verharmlosung und Leugnung jedes spirituellen Zwecks für Mensch und Schöpfung, durch Entmenschlichung von Individuum und Gesellschaft durch vereinfachte Theorien in der Erscheinung, nimmt er der Menschheit seine Substanz und seine Daseinsberechtigung.

Manitonquat taught that individualistic society is a source of unhappiness, and that cities are dehumanizing for their residents.

Manitonquat Gedanke war, dass die Vereinzelung in der Gesellschaft die Quelle des heutigen Unglücks ist. Städte würden die Menschen entmenschlichen.

So he is dehumanizing them, but he's just not killing them.

Er entmenschlicht sie, aber er tötet sie nicht.

This can become very dangerous and in many circumstances has led to even dehumanizing fellow men and women based on their race.

Dies kann sehr gefährlich werden und hat unter vielen Umständen dazu geführt, dass Mitmenschen aufgrund ihrer Rasse sogar „entmenschlicht" wurden.

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