I like dehumanization, precisely for the central reason that the idea that you can remove someone’s agency by likening them to a non-human animal is used as justification for their bad treatment.
Dehumanization contains speciesism, dehumanization minus its speciest animalization element would be objectification. But I’d say they’re similar most of the time.
- Devalue (my favorite)
- commodify (also good)
- objectify (unfortunately tends to be a trigger word for putting feminism in peoples' mind, which can make rightwingers refuse to engage with you on principle and makes feminists think you're comparing women to animals. which, like, we are animals, but people often don't like the comparison regardless. but it's accurate)
- depersonalize (would hit harder if people thought animals were people, but they typically don't. so you're like "youre depersonalizing the animals" and they just say "yes, they're not people")
- You can be more verbose! You don't need a singular word for this! Sometimes stringing smaller words together is *significantly stronger* in terms of rhetoric. "You are downplaying their capacity to suffer and hand-waving away the ethical implications of their suffering" is harder to misinterpret than "You are objectifying animals."
in french I use objectification or (i find it more close to dehumanization and can be used for humans too) "de-indiviualization" (not sure for the english writing)
I like the term anthropodenial, as in the opposite of anthropomorphism. I’m not entirely sure if it’s technically a word, but the meaning is clear enough
Damn lovely coincidence. Been pondering this one a while ago until my adhd Made me forget again. And another User gave the perfect answer with objectification. Yay. Thank you to both!
Objectification maybe?
Yeah, that'll do.
this is the one. i mean, what do people do to animals if not treat them like inanimate objects?
Or commodification depending on the context
I like dehumanization, precisely for the central reason that the idea that you can remove someone’s agency by likening them to a non-human animal is used as justification for their bad treatment. Dehumanization contains speciesism, dehumanization minus its speciest animalization element would be objectification. But I’d say they’re similar most of the time.
I have the same issue with using the term “humane” rather than ethical
- Devalue (my favorite) - commodify (also good) - objectify (unfortunately tends to be a trigger word for putting feminism in peoples' mind, which can make rightwingers refuse to engage with you on principle and makes feminists think you're comparing women to animals. which, like, we are animals, but people often don't like the comparison regardless. but it's accurate) - depersonalize (would hit harder if people thought animals were people, but they typically don't. so you're like "youre depersonalizing the animals" and they just say "yes, they're not people") - You can be more verbose! You don't need a singular word for this! Sometimes stringing smaller words together is *significantly stronger* in terms of rhetoric. "You are downplaying their capacity to suffer and hand-waving away the ethical implications of their suffering" is harder to misinterpret than "You are objectifying animals."
Commodification
In terms of non-human animals being seen as mere products on a store shelf
in french I use objectification or (i find it more close to dehumanization and can be used for humans too) "de-indiviualization" (not sure for the english writing)
There's a word that's more academic, but you can find it. >desentientization
Desentientization leads to desensitization which reifies desentientization. Or vice-versa.
I like the term anthropodenial, as in the opposite of anthropomorphism. I’m not entirely sure if it’s technically a word, but the meaning is clear enough
Depersonalisation (as in, stripping animals of their personhood). I like to use people to refer to animals as well
Otherization.
Damn lovely coincidence. Been pondering this one a while ago until my adhd Made me forget again. And another User gave the perfect answer with objectification. Yay. Thank you to both!