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Dehumanization frequently takes place in intergroup contexts but can also happen in the realm of interpersonal relationships.

For example, if I describe a businessman as a cheating lizard or describe a neighbor I do not like as a snake, that is dehumanization but not necessarily racism. Recently ex-president Trump called ...

Letter: Resist dehumanization. History is rife with examples of atrocities that begin with first dehumanizing people. Posted March 21, 2024. 2 min read . Font size + Gift article.

A 33-year Coast Guard veteran's arrest for threatening Trump's life prompts reflection on how political attacks and dehumanizing rhetoric may trigger unstable minds.

Nichols’ beating and the reaction of paramedics is a dangerous example of mob mentality, and shows that dehumanization has spread far further than many of us want to admit.

We conducted two reverse-correlation studies, as well as two pilot studies reported in the online supplement (total N = 1,411), on the topics of (1) whether liberals and conservatives differ in the ...

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First, dehumanization always precedes and paves the way for the horrors of war. Human beings won’t kill other humans if they truly believe their lives are as worthy as their own.

We continue to see examples of the same dehumanization of Jews in today’s mainstream media, especially in the terrible ways news outlets report on the murder of Israelis.