Aryanizedadj.
/ˈɛːrɪənʌɪzd/, /ˈɑːrɪənʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈɛriəˌnaɪzd/, /ˈɑriəˌnaɪzd/ 1. That came under the cultural and linguistic influence or dominance of the prehistoric Aryan peoples; acculturated to or assimilated by the ancient Aryans.
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1853 Jrnl. Indian Archipel. & Eastern Asia 7 21 The fact of their having been for more than 3,000 years in contact with Arians and Arianised Indians.
1880 A. K. Johnston London Geogr. 313 To the aryanised groups belong the Bengali and the Assamese.
1995 Indo-Iranian Jrnl. 38 232 A grand theory in which the upstart Aryan Pāṇḍavas usurped the place of the Austric Kauravas/Kurus (who only had an Aryanised upper class).
2. In Nazi Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe: (of a business, property, assets, etc.) transferred mandatorily from Jewish ownership or control to that of people considered to be Aryan. Also: designating an organization, position, etc., from which people not considered to be Aryan are excluded. Cf. Aryan adj. 2, Aryanize v. 2a. Now historical.
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1937 N.Y. Times 17 Nov. 9/3 Other ‘Aryanized’ business establishments such as the Kempinski restaurants and Wertheim's department store continue doing business under the well-established Jewish names.
1942 Sunday Times 4 Oct. 6 The Jewish managing director of an ‘Aryanised’ textile factory in Ruzomberok was restored to his post after the Aryanisation had proved a complete failure.
2017 Jrnl. Austrian Stud. 50 34 Any migrant or Austrian Jewish talent that remained to work on the Aryanized film projects bound for German release would have to do so under assumed names or without credit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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