Humanize
verb
To make something less harsh or severe and more characteristic or sympathetic to humans.
The novelist humanizes the history by creating characters that readers can identify with.
Often appears as...
- humanize history
- humanize a character
verb
To consider or represent someone or something as being significant, important, or valuable.
The documentary humanizes the victims of the disaster, showing their daily lives before the tragedy.
Often appears as...
- humanize victims
- humanize the oppressed
verb
To make a place, system, or organization function or account in a way that is characteristic of humans, usually meaning that it becomes more considerate and less harsh.
Modern technologies have helped to humanize the workplace by creating more flexible working hours.
Often appears as...
- humanize the workplace
- humanize a system
Usage tips
Business, Academic
verb
To make something less harsh or severe and more characteristic or sympathetic to humans.
The novelist humanizes the history by creating characters that readers can identify with.
Often appears as...
- humanize history
- humanize a character
verb
To consider or represent someone or something as being significant, important, or valuable.
The documentary humanizes the victims of the disaster, showing their daily lives before the tragedy.
Often appears as...
- humanize victims
- humanize the oppressed
verb
To make a place, system, or organization function or account in a way that is characteristic of humans, usually meaning that it becomes more considerate and less harsh.
Modern technologies have helped to humanize the workplace by creating more flexible working hours.
Often appears as...
- humanize the workplace
- humanize a system
Usage tips
Business, Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Appeal
Use 'humanize' to evoke empathy, making subjects relatable to the audience.
The author humanizes the hero through flashbacks of his childhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Subject Perspective
'Humanize' often involves showing personal sides of non-human subjects.
In the film, the robots are humanized to show their emotional complexity.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Tool
Authors may humanize concepts to tackle complex topics in a digestible way.
The writer humanizes war by telling the soldiers' personal stories.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Appeal
Use 'humanize' to evoke empathy, making subjects relatable to the audience.
The author humanizes the hero through flashbacks of his childhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Subject Perspective
'Humanize' often involves showing personal sides of non-human subjects.
In the film, the robots are humanized to show their emotional complexity.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Tool
Authors may humanize concepts to tackle complex topics in a digestible way.
The writer humanizes war by telling the soldiers' personal stories.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Appeal
Use 'humanize' to evoke empathy, making subjects relatable to the audience.
The author humanizes the hero through flashbacks of his childhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Subject Perspective
'Humanize' often involves showing personal sides of non-human subjects.
In the film, the robots are humanized to show their emotional complexity.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Tool
Authors may humanize concepts to tackle complex topics in a digestible way.
The writer humanizes war by telling the soldiers' personal stories.
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How to teach kids to...
and said that their skin was ugly. And even use this reason as an excuse to dehumanize them. And the reason why we're learning about race and racism in the first place is to educate ourselves to know better. And to understand why comments like this are hurtful,
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How we talk about sexual...
humanizing him as "you," to identify him as part of the very community that he had so violently abused that night. Stressing the tidal-wave effect of his actions, "Did you ever think of the people in your life? I don't know who the people in your life are.
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Courtney Martin:...
based on their failure to meet their very lofty goals. Many of them are working in deeply intractable systems -- the military, congress, the education system, etc. But what they managed to do within those systems was be a humanizing force.
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David Brooks: The social...
it had a vast effect on the climate of the times. Now we are discovering a more accurate vision of the unconscious, of who we are deep inside, and it's going to have a wonderful and profound and humanizing effect on our culture. Thank you.
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Let’s put the romance...
employees worldwide are fully engaged we should not divorce business from our wondrous elusive unpredictable and unquantifiable mantis eyes the enterprise to humanize the enterprise so let us value what we cannot measure let
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These Divers Search For...
is such an important story for this world today I think the healing part of this work is the community that comes out of humanizing these experiences I didn't expect it to feel this way it feels
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Social animal - David...
discovering a more accurate vision of the unconscious of who we are deep inside and it's going to have a wonderful and profound and humanizing effect on our culture thank you
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Tim Jackson: An economic...
That is a deeply humanizing vision of our lives, and it's a completely different vision than the one that lies at the heart of this economic model. So who are we?
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David Carson: Design,...
They thought some people didn't like them. I found out that's very true, working on this campaign worldwide. And our goal was to try to humanize them a bit,
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The Case for Radically...
My goal is to try to help trigger a global humanizing movement that no longer tolerates soulless, inhuman places. What if our buildings inspired us
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How to teach kids to...
and said that their skin was ugly. And even use this reason as an excuse to dehumanize them. And the reason why we're learning about race and racism in the first place is to educate ourselves to know better. And to understand why comments like this are hurtful,
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How we talk about sexual...
humanizing him as "you," to identify him as part of the very community that he had so violently abused that night. Stressing the tidal-wave effect of his actions, "Did you ever think of the people in your life? I don't know who the people in your life are.
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Courtney Martin:...
based on their failure to meet their very lofty goals. Many of them are working in deeply intractable systems -- the military, congress, the education system, etc. But what they managed to do within those systems was be a humanizing force.
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David Brooks: The social...
it had a vast effect on the climate of the times. Now we are discovering a more accurate vision of the unconscious, of who we are deep inside, and it's going to have a wonderful and profound and humanizing effect on our culture. Thank you.
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Let’s put the romance...
employees worldwide are fully engaged we should not divorce business from our wondrous elusive unpredictable and unquantifiable mantis eyes the enterprise to humanize the enterprise so let us value what we cannot measure let
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These Divers Search For...
is such an important story for this world today I think the healing part of this work is the community that comes out of humanizing these experiences I didn't expect it to feel this way it feels
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Social animal - David...
discovering a more accurate vision of the unconscious of who we are deep inside and it's going to have a wonderful and profound and humanizing effect on our culture thank you
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Tim Jackson: An economic...
That is a deeply humanizing vision of our lives, and it's a completely different vision than the one that lies at the heart of this economic model. So who are we?
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David Carson: Design,...
They thought some people didn't like them. I found out that's very true, working on this campaign worldwide. And our goal was to try to humanize them a bit,
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The Case for Radically...
My goal is to try to help trigger a global humanizing movement that no longer tolerates soulless, inhuman places. What if our buildings inspired us
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JPEGMAFIA
American Musician
Liberals allow right-wingers on their platforms to have a 'civilized discussion,' but there's no reasoning with racists. I don't want them to have a platform that humanizes them. I want to talk down to them and meet them exactly where they are, with absolutely no respect.
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Jason Reitman
Canadian Director
Humanizing good people is kind of boring and I don't really see the value in it... humanizing tricky characters is exhilarating, and making audience films out of indie subjects excites me.
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Coretta Scott King
American Activist
Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.
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Jimmy O. Yang
Chinese Actor
Immigrant characters now are getting much more well-rounded, and they have personalities, which is important because we do need to portray immigrants in a humanizing way.
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Hank Azaria
American Actor
Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
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James Cromwell
American Actor
Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.
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Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
I think, when I write, one of the things that I'm really attempting to do is I'm attempting to humanize my characters.
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George Eliot
British Author
Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.
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Viola Davis
American Actress
You're only reduced to a cliche if you don't humanize a character.
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Atul Kulkarni
Indian Actor
I always try to humanize a character.
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JPEGMAFIA
American Musician
Liberals allow right-wingers on their platforms to have a 'civilized discussion,' but there's no reasoning with racists. I don't want them to have a platform that humanizes them. I want to talk down to them and meet them exactly where they are, with absolutely no respect.
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Jason Reitman
Canadian Director
Humanizing good people is kind of boring and I don't really see the value in it... humanizing tricky characters is exhilarating, and making audience films out of indie subjects excites me.
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Coretta Scott King
American Activist
Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.
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Jimmy O. Yang
Chinese Actor
Immigrant characters now are getting much more well-rounded, and they have personalities, which is important because we do need to portray immigrants in a humanizing way.
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Hank Azaria
American Actor
Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
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James Cromwell
American Actor
Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.
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Jesmyn Ward
American Novelist
I think, when I write, one of the things that I'm really attempting to do is I'm attempting to humanize my characters.
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George Eliot
British Author
Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.
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Viola Davis
American Actress
You're only reduced to a cliche if you don't humanize a character.
Quote examples
Atul Kulkarni
Indian Actor
I always try to humanize a character.
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