déshumanisant
French, adjective/de.zy.ma.ni.zɑ̃/
déshumanisant is spelled D-É-S-H-U-M-A-N-I-S-A-N-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déshumanisant is a French adjective meaning “dehumanizing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of déshumaniser. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui ôte toute humanité”.
What does déshumanisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dehumanizing
Near-synonyms: avilissant, infamant, dégradant
verb
- 1
present participle of déshumaniser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ôte toute humanité.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of déshumanisant
- déshumanisante feminine
- déshumanisants masculine plural
- déshumanisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déshumanisant?
- /de.zy.ma.ni.zɑ̃/
- \de.zy.ma.ni.zɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is déshumanisant in French?
déshumanisant appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).