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dehumanisation

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Noun1.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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Women who'd been brought up to be secondclass citizens found themselves battling with the authorities, going on hunger strike and facing the dehumanisation of being force fed.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At no time were the so-called inner-African slaves submitted to the total and systematic dehumanisation that characterised transatlantic slavery.
Mr Solana's stand shows that, because he lives a comfortable and dignified life under independence and freedom, he does not actually care how those of us in places such as South Sudan suffer from oppression, humiliation, dehumanisation and indignity.
 
 
 
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