The process or action of making something become like an animal or giving it animal qualities.
Present participle of animalize, formed by adding -ing. The -ing suffix comes from Old English and creates either gerunds (nouns) or progressive verb forms and adjectives.
The word 'animalizing' as a present participle captures the ongoing nature of dehumanization—it's not a one-time event but a continuous process, which is why this grammatical form became so useful in social criticism.
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