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humanize

[hyoo-muh-nahyz, yoo-] / ˈhyu məˌnaɪz, ˈyu- /
VERB
acculturate
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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The magazine’s mission was to shine a light on the disease to humanize and restore dignity to its sufferers.

From Salon

My whole career, I’ve been pretty good at taking an unsavory character and humanizing him.

From The Wall Street Journal

The level of understanding she had of Alani, and Whitaker’s desire to humanize her, made a character who could have been seen as unrelatable, ignorant or even irritating into a delightfully self-aware fan favorite.

From Los Angeles Times

Schwartz also said letting the officer speak could serve to “humanize” him to the jury.

From Los Angeles Times

The effort to humanize Dahmer is both obscene and, sadly, textbook.

From Salon