Word family noun human humanism humanity ≠ inhumanity humanitarian humanitarianism humankind humanoid adjective human ≠ inhuman superhuman subhuman humane ≠ inhumane humanitarian humanoid verb humanize adverb humanly ≠ inhumanly humanely ≠ inhumanely
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhumanizehu‧man‧ize (also humanise British English) /ˈhjuːmənaɪz/ verb [transitive] NICEto make a place or system more pleasant or more suitable for people an attempt to humanize prison conditions→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
humanize• She began to put into action her plan to humanize Biff.• She had been a check and balance for her husband, a sounding board and humanizing influence.• His general purpose was to humanize prison conditions and to provide prisoners with opportunities for personal reformation.• That structure stresses open communications and collaboration, and it humanizes the organization by eliminating the number and pictorial importance of levels.• And to humanize the plant, how about adding a few paintings and collages from local artists?• The administration has made attempts to humanize the prison.• Busy traffic very soon humanized these inland seas, linking their coasts, their civilizations and their history.• It has been much improved over the previous version and humanized, to boot. 