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dehumanization
[dihyo̅o̅′mənīzā′shən]
Etymology: L, de, from, humanitas, human nature
the process of losing altruistic or individual qualities, as may occur in some psychotic states or in environments that produce emotional trauma (prisoner-of-war). It may be influenced by external forces.


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Unless that temptation is resisted, the world will suffer the kind of dehumanisation that was once imagined only by novelists.
 
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