Meaning

(transitive) To make human; to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a human..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To make human; to give or cause to have the fundamental properties of a human.
2. (transitive) To make sympathetic or relatable.
3. (transitive, medicine) To convert into something human or belonging to humans.
4. (transitive) To make humane.
5. (intransitive) To become humane or civilized.

Example Sentences

VVas it the buſineſs of magic to humanize our natures with compaſſion, forgiveneſs, and all the inſtances of the moſt extenſive charity?

A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’

I think they would try to humanize the worst villains in history out of their fear that the audience might not like the central character.

The Oscar-winning film The Iron Lady humanised Thatcher.

Like the three ceremonial functions based on the Constitutions, these informal chief of state activities emphasize the president's role as the leader of the nation, but many of them also serve to humanize the president and symbolically bridge the gap between the president and the people.

We can also expect the company to continue to humanize data in creative ways like it did when it used its vast amounts of data to launch a global ad campaign that highlighted some of the more bizarre user habits of 2016.

to humanize vaccine lymph

humanized monoclonal antibodies

Word Forms

• humanizes
• humanizing
• humanized
• humanise

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Use humanize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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