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: of or relating to a hypothetical ethnic type illustrated by or descended from early speakers of Indo-European languages
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: nordic
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—used in Nazism to designate a supposed master race of non-Jewish Caucasians usually having Nordic features
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: of or relating to Indo-Iranian or its speakers
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Examples of Aryan in a Sentence
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Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 July 2024
Her name and characterization (violence, really into social media, complimenting Homelander for Aryan features) couldn’t have been more obvious.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 25 June 2024
The Past Nazis created an anti-Semitic Bible and Aryan Jesus
A Nazi institute produced a Bible without the Old Testament that portrayed Jesus as an Aryan hero fighting Jewish people.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Prior to a 1938 rematch, Nazis touted Schmeling’s victory as proof of Aryan superiority.
—Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
But Robert — who was hospitalized by mob bozos at the end of season two — goes rogue during the raid on the Aryan compound and blows the whole place up.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 2 June 2024
The Nazis targeted anyone identified as a threat to their ideal of a pure Aryan race including Jews, their defenders, LQBTQ, Blacks, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Romas, and mentally and physically disabled.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
But Hitler wanted a war in Europe for its own sake and to demonstrate the superiority of the Aryan race.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2022
The Thule Society traced the Aryan race to a lost continent made of ice, while the Tannenberg Foundation, founded by General Erich Ludendorff, sought relief from the exigencies of modern life in the forests outside Munich by lighting bonfires and sacrificing horses in honor of Thor.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
Adjective
Germany would be the most successful country at the Games, but America’s Jesse Owens’s four gold medals helped dispel the Nazis’ false claims of a superior Aryan race.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 July 2024
Her name and characterization (violence, really into social media, complimenting Homelander for Aryan features) couldn’t have been more obvious.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 25 June 2024
The Past Nazis created an anti-Semitic Bible and Aryan Jesus
A Nazi institute produced a Bible without the Old Testament that portrayed Jesus as an Aryan hero fighting Jewish people.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Prior to a 1938 rematch, Nazis touted Schmeling’s victory as proof of Aryan superiority.
—Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
But Robert — who was hospitalized by mob bozos at the end of season two — goes rogue during the raid on the Aryan compound and blows the whole place up.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 2 June 2024
The Nazis targeted anyone identified as a threat to their ideal of a pure Aryan race including Jews, their defenders, LQBTQ, Blacks, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Romas, and mentally and physically disabled.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024
But Hitler wanted a war in Europe for its own sake and to demonstrate the superiority of the Aryan race.
—Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2022
The Thule Society traced the Aryan race to a lost continent made of ice, while the Tannenberg Foundation, founded by General Erich Ludendorff, sought relief from the exigencies of modern life in the forests outside Munich by lighting bonfires and sacrificing horses in honor of Thor.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Aryan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Aryan. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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