Moral Exclusion, Economic Burden & The "Other"

Dehumanization Category

Markers that frame targets as burdens, threats, or excluded others

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Markers in this category

Markers

weak

submissive

servile

inferior

menace

threat

burden

drain

leech

vampire

parasitic

dependent

freeloader

invader

alien

stranger

outsider

other

them

degenerate

deviant

sub-standard

defective

broken

useless

worthless

disposable

expendable

replaceable

surplus

redundant

excess

marginal

peripheral

unwanted

rejected

abandoned

forgotten

obsolete

dated

expired

failed

loser

beggar

human-capital

collateral

surplus-population

redundancy

excess-weight

drain-on-society

liability

deficit

cost

expense

overhead

waste

refuse

litter

junk

scrap

residue

remnant

vestige

trace

shadow

echo

ghost

spirit

soul-less

dehumanized

demonized

marginalized

excluded

outcast

pariah

leper

untouchable

undesirable

unfit

unworthy

undeserving

shameful

guilty

condemned

damned