Aryanize

American

[air-ee-uh-nahyz, air-yuh-, ar-] / ˈɛər i əˌnaɪz, ˈɛər yə-, ˈær- /

especially British, Aryanise

verb (used with object)

Aryanized, Aryanizing

(in Nazi doctrine) to remove all non-Aryan persons from (office, business, etc.).

Aryanize British

/ ˈɛərɪəˌnaɪz /

verb

(tr) (in Nazi ideology) to purge (politics and society) of all non-Aryan elements or people; make characteristically Aryan

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Etymology

Origin of Aryanize

First recorded in 1855–60; Aryan + -ize

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