单词 | aryanize |
释义 | Aryanizev. 1. transitive. To bring (a people, region, language, etc.) under the cultural and linguistic influence or dominance of the prehistoric Aryan peoples; to assimilate to the ancient Aryans. Chiefly in passive.Now less common than sense 2. ΚΠ 1853 Jrnl. Indian Archipel. & Eastern Asia 7 29 The southern boundary of the latter [sc. the Scythic races] has immemorially approached the upper basin of the Indus, and has crossed it more than once since India was Arianised. 1907 Man 7 75 These [peoples] were not exterminated, but for the most part Aryanised in speech and to some extent in general culture by the warlike invaders from the east. 2007 E. Sreedharan Man. Hist. Res. Methodol. viii. 267 Had India been the original home of the Aryans, urges Dr. Ghosh, they would certainly have tried fully to Aryanize the whole of this subcontinent. 2. With reference to Nazi Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe. Cf. Aryan adj. 2. Now historical. a. transitive. To exclude people not considered to be Aryan, esp. Jewish people, from (an organization, position, etc.); to impose a mandatory transfer of (Jewish-owned or Jewish-controlled businesses, property, etc.) to the ownership or control os people considered to be Aryan. ΚΠ 1933 tr. E. Neuendorff in N.Y. Times 7 June 20/4 My recent decision that in Aryanizing the Turner organizations an exception should be made of Jews who fought at the front. 1941 Manch. Guardian Weekly 31 Jan. 82 Plundering of Jewish property goes on, and the majority of Jewish shops in Prague have already become ‘Aryanised’. 2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 12 Nov. g23 (advt.) The Commission examines claims relating to any property frozen, blocked, looted, or Aryanized in France during World War II. b. transitive. To declare or consider (a person or group) to be Aryan; to confer Aryan status upon (a person belonging to a group not considered Aryan, e.g. a Jewish person). Chiefly in passive. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [verb (transitive)] > Aryanize Aryanize1935 1935 L. L. Snyder From Bismarck to Hitler viii. 81 Only in their outer forms will Japan and other ‘bearers of civilization’ remain Asiatic; inwardly they will become Aryanized. 1939 B. R. Epstein tr. M. L. Berges Cold Pogrom 215 A half Jew might become ‘Aryanized’ if he had been a soldier. 2004 N.Y. Jewish Week 5 Nov. 29 He was one of many ‘Mischlinge’, a derogatory term referring to half-Jews, serving in the military. A career officer who fought in World War I, he was ‘Aryanized’, declared of German blood in spite of his roots, in 1939. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1853 |
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