| Verb | 1. | dehumanize - deprive of human qualities; "Life in povery has dehumanized them"demean, disgrace, degrade, take down, put down - reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" humanise, humanize - make more humane; "The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city" | |