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- verb Present participle of
unhumanize .
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Examples
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Not by unhumanizing himself, but by subordinating the human to the
The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical Developement. 1789-1850 1870
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There is no other fear so horrible and unhumanizing as that which makes man dread to breathe heaven's vital air lest it be poison, or to grasp the hand of a brother or friend lest the gripe of the pestilence should clutch him.
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There is no other fear so horrible and unhumanizing as that which makes man dread to breathe heaven's vital air lest it be poison, or to grasp the hand of a brother or friend lest the gripe of the pestilence should clutch him.
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That cold tendency, between instinct and intellect, which made me pry with a speculative interest into people's passions and impulses, appeared to have gone far towards unhumanizing my heart.
The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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There is no other fear so horrible and unhumanizing as that which makes man dread to breathe heaven's vital air lest it be poison, or to grasp the hand of a brother or friend lest the grip of the pestilence should clutch him.
Twice Told Tales Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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