To take away humanity, to remove or deny human qualities, characteristics, or attributes.
2003, Beyond Repair? America's Death Penalty, And, in this country, the traditional, ingrained way to dehumanize people, to make both their pain and their individuality irrelevant, is to rely on their race.
1968, Stewart L. Udall, 1976: Agenda for Tomorrow, Yet we are dismayed by the failures and forces that dehumanize and defeat the finest dreams and plans of this generation.
