Dehumanization is what happens when people are treated so badly, or talked about so coldly, that they are no longer seen as full human beings — with feelings, names, and rights. It can be cruelty in a prison, a war, or a workplace, or it can be language that turns a group into "things" or "animals." Once that picture is in place, harm becomes easier to excuse.

Dehumanization is what happens when people are treated so badly, or talked about so coldlydehumanization指的是人被對待得太糟，或被說得太冷血，that they are no longer seen as full human beings以致於不再被當成完整的人來看，with feelings, names, and rights有感受、有名字、有權利的人。It can be cruelty in a prison, a war, or a workplace它可以是監獄、戰爭，或職場裡的殘忍，or it can be language that turns a group into "things" or "animals."也可以是把一群人講成「東西」或「動物」的語言，Once that picture is in place, harm becomes easier to excuse一旦這種印象成形，傷害就更容易被說得過去。

The word is heavy and belongs to news, history, and serious talk, not to a joke about a long meeting.

The word is heavy and belongs to news, history, and serious talk這是個沉重的字，屬於新聞、歷史，和嚴肅的談話，not to a joke about a long meeting不是拿來開一場冗長會議的玩笑用的。

Though actually, writers also use it more softly for systems that treat people like numbers — a hospital that never looks you in the eye. That stretch is real in modern English, but the heart of the word is still stripping away human qualities, not merely being rude.

Though actually不過其實，writers also use it more softly for systems that treat people like numbers作家也會比較溫和地用這個字，形容把人當成數字對待的體制，a hospital that never looks you in the eye像是一間永遠不正眼看你的醫院。That stretch is real in modern English這種延伸用法在現代英語裡確實存在，but the heart of the word is still stripping away human qualities但這個字的核心還是剝除一個人身上的人性，not merely being rude不只是沒禮貌而已。

It is a noun: it names the process or the result.

It is a noun這是個名詞，it names the process or the result指的是這個過程或結果。