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Where does “dehumanization” come from?

Dehumanization comes from English dehumanize plus the suffix -ation, with dehumanize from English human and the suffix -ize, ultimately from Latin homo meaning man.

dehumanization (English): The act or process of dehumanizing

Definitions

  1. The act or process of dehumanizing

Ancestry of “dehumanization”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhumanizationThe act of humanizing
2English-izationA suffix forming nouns denoting the act, process,...
3English-ationAn action or process; The result of an action or...
4Middle English-aciounForms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,...
5Old French-ation-ation
6Latin-ātiō—
7Latin-tiō—
8Latindissertātiō—
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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