Aryan
Ethnology. a member or descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European.
(in Nazi doctrine) a non-Jewish Caucasian, especially of Nordic stock.
(formerly) Indo-European.
(formerly) Indo-Iranian.
of or relating to an Aryan or the Aryans.
(formerly) Indo-European.
(formerly) Indo-Iranian.
Origin of Aryan
1- Also Ar·i·an [air-ee-uhn, ar‐] /ˈɛər i ən, ˈær‐/ .
Other words from Aryan
- non-Ar·y·an, noun, adjective
- pre-Ar·y·an, adjective
- pseu·do-Ar·y·an, adjective, noun
Words Nearby Aryan
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How to use Aryan in a sentence
Ultimately, that transformation was in the service of their imagined Aryan empire and their role as its masters.
Nazi-Occupied Norway Offers a Glimpse of What Hitler Wanted for the Entire World | Despina Stratigakos | September 2, 2020 | TimeOccupied Norway became a locus of the Lebensborn program, initiated in Germany by SS leader Heinrich Himmler in 1935 to encourage the birth of Aryan babies.
Nazi-Occupied Norway Offers a Glimpse of What Hitler Wanted for the Entire World | Despina Stratigakos | September 2, 2020 | TimeThe region is marketed for visitors as “Aryan Valley,” and many citizens have taken to tacking on “Aryan” to their last names.
This was later repurposed in Europe as an explanation for racial superiority, and the term “Aryan” came to define a white race.
His work was more monumental, more violent, and promoted the Aryan struggle.
Top Nazis And Their Complicated Relationship With Artists | William O’Connor | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Aryan race was superior, the Jews were the enemy, and the Jews had to be destroyed.
Ron Rosenbaum on Hitler, Hollywood, and Quantifying Evil | William O’Connor | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd white supremacists continue to advocate for a homeland in the Pacific Northwest for “the Aryan peoples of the earth.”
He would have wrested race supremacy and the leading place in civilization from the Aryan for the Hamitic races.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States | James Hamilton LewisWhat anthropologist accepts the theory of Aryan overland immigration from somewhere in Asia?
Archaic England | Harold BayleyAmong the Aryan nations an meant mind, and this term is clearly responsible for inane or without ane.
Archaic England | Harold BayleyThe Aryan fire worshippers cremated their dead so that the spirits might be transferred by fire to Paradise.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. MackenzieThey had developed the religious sense, beyond any of the Aryan peoples.
British Dictionary definitions for Aryan
Arian
/ (ˈɛərɪən) /
(in Nazi ideology) a Caucasian of non-Jewish descent, esp of the Nordic type
a member of any of the peoples supposedly descended from the Indo-Europeans, esp a speaker of an Iranian or Indic language in ancient times
of, relating to, or characteristic of an Aryan or Aryans
archaic Indo-European
Origin of Aryan
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