In many conflicts, dehumanization plays a major role. What is dehumanization? It includes killing and violence against the Other. It includes slavery of the Other. It includes discrimination and ...

Dehumanization involves seeing others as less than human, enabling harmful behaviors like discrimination and violence. This psychological process often uses language and stereotypes to justify ...

National Immigrant Heritage Month celebrates the contributions of generations of immigrants who helped build the United States.

Throughout history, autocratic regimes, especially authoritarian or populist ones on the far left and the far right, have demonized what they have determined to represent their nations’ “internal ...

During the past week, the news has brought us difficult images and sounds: Migrant and refugee children huddled in steel cages. Children and parents wailing as they are torn apart by American agents.

New research co-led by Liu-Qin Yang, a professor of psychology at Portland State University (PSU), suggests that the true damage of a toxic boss goes far deeper than a bad mood — it fundamentally ...

When you see the president or other politicians use terms like “animals” or, even worse, “infestation” (a term usually reserved for insects), they are engaging in dehumanization. People use ...

Pope Leo cautioned that AI technology being controlled by a small number of powerful companies could lead to "new forms of dehumanization." ...

Dehumanization refers to the attribution of sub-human qualities to individuals or groups, stripping them of the moral and social standing afforded to fellow humans. Within social psychology, ...