dehumanisation


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Noun 1. dehumanisation - the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities; "science has been blamed for the dehumanization of modern life"
degradation, debasement - changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
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Late last year, Twitter took a new approach by seeking feedback from the Arabic, English, Spanish and Japanese public on an update to its hateful conduct policy around dehumanisation.
Twitter updates rules against hateful conduct
Dehumanisation, the perception of other people as less than human, is a psychological process that has accompanied some of the worst atrocities in human history.
Decoding Dehumanisation
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The BMIs of those taking the survey were also recorded to find out whether blatant dehumanisation of those who are obese was more common among thinner people.
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'Using teargas and pellets even at funerals shows the dehumanisation of innocent Kashmiris, alive or dead,' the Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a statement.
Pakistan strongly condemns killing of two Kashmiri youth in IOK
Iman Atta, of Tell Mama, which tracks anti-Muslim violence, said: "This dehumanisation leads perpetrators to feel emboldened enough to target women for anti-Muslim hate."
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Trnava opens a new cultural courtyard
In recent years, some studies have approached the phenomenon of dehumanisation in childhood.
They do not suffer like us: The differential attribution of social pain as a dehumanization criterion in children
This article profiles the tragic outcome of a socio-political protest when collective action was fuelled by a reaction to dehumanisation. PNG nationals clashed with a culturally diverse group of asylum seekers in a geospatial zone of exclusion.
Boats, Bodies and Borders: The Geospatial Significance of a Fence-line
I looked at the literature on dehumanisation and the consequences of dehumanisation.
Energising dissent

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