Aryanizationn.
/ˌɛːrɪənʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌɑːrɪənʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɛriənəˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌɛriəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌɑriənəˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌɑriəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The fact or process of coming under the cultural and linguistic influence or dominance of the prehistoric Aryan peoples; acculturation to or assimilation by the ancient Aryans.Now much less common than sense 2.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Aryan > [noun] > making
Aryanization1856
1856 R. Caldwell Compar. Gram. Dravidian Lang. 75 The shaving of the hair of the head, with the exception of the ‘kuumi’, or lock at the back of the head,..was considered a sign of Aryanisation, or submission to Aryan customs, and admission within the pale of Aryan protection.
1889 I. Taylor Origin Aryans iv. §2. 212 The Aryanization of Europe doubtless resembled that of India.
1930 Ann. Bhandarkar Oriental Res. Inst. 11 238 We have no definite record of the literary activities of Bengal during the first few centuries of its Aryanisation.
2000 J. Keay India (2004) ii. 28 Exactly the same process probably accounted for the gradual Aryanisation of peninsular India plus much of south-east Asia.
2. In Nazi Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe: the policy or process of excluding people not considered to be Aryan (esp. Jewish people) from economic and cultural life; spec. the mandatory transfer of Jewish-owned or Jewish-controlled businesses, assets, etc., to the ownership or control of people considered to be Aryan. Cf. Aryan adj. 2, Aryanize v. 2a. Now historical.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > Nazism or Aryanism > implementation of
Aryanization1933
Nazification1933
Nazifying1934
1933 N.Y. Times 8 Oct. 21/2 Complete ‘Aryanization’ of the [tennis] club was vetoed because that would have meant the expulsion of Baron Gottfried von Cramm, the German tennis hope, whose wife is Jewish.
1933 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 18/4 Aryanization has overtaken the Ullstein publishing house... The business is now ‘coordinated’, with control vested in an Aryan majority of stockholders.
1939 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Feb. 1/4 A decree was issued today supplementing the December 5, 1938, order for the ‘Aryanization’ of German economic life, and providing for the payment of seventy per cent. of the ‘Aryanization’ profits to the German treasury.
2010 Daily Tel. 2 Dec. 22/2 The transaction was part of the so-called ‘Aryanisation’ of such enterprises, according to the Nuremberg Laws which stripped Jews of their rights and property.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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