Aryanize

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

verb (used with object), Ar·y·an·ized, Ar·y·an·iz·ing.

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

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earnest
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
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Also especially British, Ar·y·an·ise.

Origin of Aryanize

First recorded in 1855–60; Aryan + -ize
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British Dictionary definitions for aryanize

Aryanize

Aryanise

/ (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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