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Examples Of Dehumanization

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Dehumanization, as defined by the article, is "the deliberate removal of sympathetic human traits when referring to members of an opposing ideology, race, political party or other sources of conflict." What does this indicate? It indicates that dehumanization is the act of making a person feel not human by treating them inhumanely.

Dehumanizing tactics are used because leaders want to make people seem worthy of punishment that they will do anything to convince their own citizens turn their backs on them. One example is Adolf Hitler and how he dehumanized Jews by calling them "Rats" and saying that they are the cause of Germany's problems. The people who listened to Hitler slowly began to believe that the only way for them to be a "perfect"

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