humanise

Verb

Meaning

make more humane

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Synonyms

humanize better improve advance teach advise temper cultivate refine soften tame acquaint personify brainwash personalize

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Antonyms

study know prevent damage understand learn

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Hypernyms

change alter modify

Examples

To divinise is human, to humanise is divine. Victor Hugo

To animalise is humane, to humanise is animal. Franz Kafka

I venture out to the great 'sujet'; but, I repeat, my painting always remains object painting; it starts around 1936 with 'Adam et Eve'. My figures humanise themselves further, but I always stick to the pictorial circumstance – no eloquence, no romanticism. Fernand Léger

What we have to do...is to humanise the system of limited liability. Stanley Baldwin

The mayor tried to humanize life in the big city Source: Internet

Although it sanctioned slavery, it did attempt to humanise the practice by prohibiting the separation of families. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

humanimal humanin humanisation humaniser humanish humanism