In many conflicts, dehumanization plays a major role. What is dehumanization? It includes killing and violence against the Other. It includes slavery of the Other. It includes discrimination and ...

Dehumanization refers to the attribution of sub-human qualities to individuals or groups, stripping them of the moral and social standing afforded to fellow humans. Within social psychology, ...

Throughout history, autocratic regimes, especially authoritarian or populist ones on the far left and the far right, have demonized what they have determined to represent their nations’ “internal ...

Rats, rodents, maggots, crime. These words have literal meanings, but when they're used to describe specific places or groups, they take on something more. It's something CNN anchor Victor Blackwell ...

When you see the president or other politicians use terms like “animals” or, even worse, “infestation” (a term usually reserved for insects), they are engaging in dehumanization. People use ...

Dehumanization involves redefining the targets of prejudice and violence by making them seem less human (that is, less civilized or less sentient) than other people. The classic strategy for this is ...

Healthcare’s first responders are often hailed as “heroes.” This classification could be contributing to higher burnout rates, according to a recent study. The research, published in the Journal of ...

New research co-led by Liu-Qin Yang, a professor of psychology at Portland State University (PSU), suggests that the true damage of a toxic boss goes far deeper than a bad mood — it fundamentally ...

Why do we make others feel less than? Dehumanization happens when people see others as "less than" or not human. Language and labels can make a group seem less human than another group. Moral ...