déshumanisation
French, noun/de.zy.ma.ni.za.sjɔ̃/
déshumanisation is spelled D-É-S-H-U-M-A-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Déshumanisation is a French feminine noun meaning “dehumanization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de déshumaniser, d’enlever son caractère humain à quelque chose”.
What does déshumanisation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedehumanization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fait de déshumaniser, d’enlever son caractère humain à quelque chose.
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 déshumanisation
- déshumanisations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce déshumanisation?
- /de.zy.ma.ni.za.sjɔ̃/
- \de.zy.ma.ni.za.sjɔ̃\
- [de.zy.ma.ni.za.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to déshumanisation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is déshumanisation in French?
déshumanisation appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).