Prejudice includes judging out-groups by animal rather than human traits

Evidence

The concept of ‘ontologization’ describes the psychological process that drives the representation of certain minorities (e.g. Gypsies) outside the realm of ‘humanity’. According to the logic of ‘ontologization’, prejudice against out-groups is not only evaluative (that is, pertaining to negative evaluations and their discriminatory consequences), but also semantic-anthropological (the domain of ‘ontologization’) (cf. Marcu and Chryssochoou, 2005 ). The crux of ‘ontologization’ is that those perceived as Others (such as Romanies) are judged in terms of animal (natural), but not human (cultural) characteristics. — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 642

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘ontologization’ as the semantic-anthropological process that removes out-groups from the realm of humanity.
• ADDENDUM: Directly extends the sacrifice article’s thread on how societies push certain groups outside moral community.
• XREF: connects to: Racism logically depends on the prior belief that animals and nature are inferior. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1110

Related

• Racism logically depends on the prior belief that animals and nature are inferior. (similarity 0.80)
• Prejudice research cannot be reduced to individual psychology (similarity 0.79)