Dehumanization involves seeing others as less than human, enabling harmful behaviors like discrimination and violence. This psychological process often uses language and stereotypes to justify ...

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 ...

“The function of ideology is to stabilize and perpetuate dominance through masking or illusion,” is a definition Alexander Solzhenitsyn probably would have agreed with, although he might have ...

A linguistic analysis of Nazi propaganda suggests that dehumanization of Jews shifted over time, with propaganda after the onset of the Holocaust portraying Jews as having a greater capacity for ...

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 ...

Thanks to technology, we can work remotely, interacting with colleagues online rather than face to face. We can order our groceries and meals through delivery apps, so we don’t have to go out to ...

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 ...

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, ...

A linguistic analysis of Nazi propaganda suggests that dehumanization of Jews shifted over time, with propaganda after the onset of the Holocaust portraying Jews as having a greater capacity for ...