The harm caused by dehumanising language

The harm caused by dehumanising language - BBC

De Ruiter's analysis of the Primo Levi memoirs showed how a group of people could be simultaneously dehumanised and humanised.

The Consequences Of Dehumanizing Language In Politics - NPR

One fear is that this kind of dehumanization leads to violence. Another is that it leads people to believe in conspiracy theories that further ...

Dehumanizing Always Starts With Language - Brené Brown

Dehumanizing others is the process by which we become accepting of violations against human nature, the human spirit, and, for many of us, ...

The slippery slope of dehumanizing language - The Conversation

At its most extreme, dehumanizing messages and propaganda can facilitate support for war and genocide. It's long been used to justify violence ...

The Power of Everyday Language to Cause Harm

When people are continually erased through language, it results in a lack of awareness of their experiences and lives and, when taken to the ...

Dehumanizing Language | Family Institute

Words (like images) are an essential tool in the dehumanization process. When people are described as rats, as an infestation, as aliens or ...

Dehumanizing Language Is a Threat to Safety | Psychology Today

The truth we've all grown to know is that sticks and stones can break our bones and words, to our childlike dismay, can both heal and hurt us.

The Extreme Danger of Dehumanizing Rhetoric - Current Affairs

There are certain forms of speech, for instance, which slide us right into dehumanization. It's what philosophers and linguists call generics. A ...

Words Hurt – Avoiding Dehumanizing Language in Orthopaedic ...

These words can hurt patients' feelings, they can harm our relationships with our patients, and they can change the way we perceive those whom we care for or ...

The harm caused by dehumanising language - PATRIR

“There's surprisingly little evidence that dehumanising language causes violent behaviour, but plenty of evidence says it accompanies it. People ...

'They deserve it for what they're doing': dehumanising rhetoric as a ...

Dehumanising persons through language and policy can cause a ripple effect feeding through acts of violence and torture committed by state actors.

Good Intentions Don't Blunt the Impact of Dehumanizing Words

Of course not everyone means harm when they use prison labels. But that doesn't make the language any less damaging. By Lisette Bamenga.

Hate speech and real harm - the United Nations

As history continues to show, hate speech coupled with disinformation can lead to stigmatization, discrimination and large-scale violence.

Effects of Dehumanizing and Humorous Language in Social ...

This study aims to bridge this gap and investigates the impact of dehumanizing and humorous language employed by protesters in their slogans.

The dehumanisation danger | Lowy Institute

Dehumanising language often precedes or accompanies violence inflicted on detainees or the intentional imposition of inhumane detention ...

Dehumanization increases instrumental violence, but not moral ...

In vignette experiments, using dehumanizing compared with humanizing language increased participants' willingness to harm strangers for money, but not ...

The effects of dehumanizing language on public opinion toward ...

This study employs a survey experiment testing the role of various dehumanizing frames on public support for “for-profit” immigration detention.

Animalistic slurs increase harm by changing perceptions of social ...

These animalistic slurs lead to further intergroup harm. Given the prevalence of dangerous online hate speech, accurately understanding its ...

Dehumanization - Beyond Intractability

Not surprisingly, dehumanization increases the likelihood of violence and may cause a conflict to escalate out of control. Once a violence break over has ...

Dehumanization and the Normalization of Violence: It's Not What ...

“Dehumanizing propaganda sends signals to people about what they think others believe and, even if they disagree, those perceptions can alter ...