humanize

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈhjuː.mə.naɪz/

Verb

humanize (humanizes, present participle humanizing; past and past participle humanized)

1. (transitive) To make human; to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a human.
   • 1730, Joseph Addison, The Evidences Of The Christian Religion

     Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion?

2. (transitive) To make sympathetic or relatable.
3. (intransitive) To become humane or civilized.
4. (transitive, medicine) To convert into something human or belonging to humans.

   to humanize vaccine lymph

   humanized monoclonal antibodies

Translations

• French: humaniser
• German: humanisieren
• Italian: umanizzare
• Portuguese: humanizar
• Spanish: humanizar

Antonyms

• dehumanize

Verb

humanize (humanizes, present participle humanizing; past and past participle humanized)

1. To make humane.

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