overhumanize

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verb

To overly humanize a nonhuman or subhuman entity.

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Meanings

verboverhumanize (third-person singular simple present overhumanizes, present participle overhumanizing, simple past and past participle overhumanized)

present singular third person overhumanizes · participle present overhumanizing · participle past overhumanized · past overhumanized · alternative overhumanise

  1. transitiveTo overly humanize a nonhuman or subhuman entity.

    How can you overhumanize something that is already simply human?

    2001 February 10, toto, “There ARE other options”, in alt.religion.christianity (Usenet), retrieved 24 Mar 2022
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    Here's what I don't like: overhumanized TFs (eg: fleshy faces, Primus theory), and unrealistic humans.

    1994 April 19, Steven Mar, “Don't Blame B.Budiansky!!!”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet), retrieved 24 Mar 2022

    Ironically, Americans have been bitching for years about "man in a rubber suit" Toho Godzilla, and then when an American version finally materializes, it looks more like a man in a suit (thanks to the overhumanized anatomy) than any previous Godzilla.

    1998 May 8, Christopher Paris, “Godzilla spotted”, in alt.movies.monster (Usenet), retrieved 24 Mar 2022

Origin

From over- + humanize. Equivalent to over- + human + -ize.

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APA

overhumanize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhumanize

MLA

“overhumanize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhumanize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overhumanize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhumanize.

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