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- [hyoo-muh-nahyz or, often, yoo-]
- /ˈhyu məˌnaɪz or, often, ˈyu-/
- /ˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/
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- [hyoo-muh-nahyz or, often, yoo-]
- /ˈhyu məˌnaɪz or, often, ˈyu-/
Definitions of humanise word
- verb with object humanise to make humane, kind, or gentle. 1
- verb with object humanise to make human. 1
- verb without object humanise to become human or humane. 1
- noun humanise Non-Oxford British standard spelling of humanize. 1
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Origin of humanise
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
First recorded in 1595-1605; human + -ize
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Parts of speech for Humanise
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
humanise popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
humanise usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for humanise
verb humanise
- civilise — To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
- improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- soften — to make soft or softer.
- cultivate — If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it.
- refine — to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
Antonyms for humanise
verb humanise
- automate — To automate a factory, office, or industrial process means to put in machines which can do the work instead of people.
- automatize — to make (a process, etc) automatic or (of a process, etc) to be made automatic
- barbarize — to make or become barbarous
- dehumanise — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- imbrute — to reduce to a bestial state
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