Aryan (Noun)
Meaning 1
(according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Nazis believed that the Aryan was the master race and should dominate all others.
- Hitler promoted the ideology that Aryans were the original inhabitants of Germany and other Nordic countries.
- According to the Nazi regime, only those of pure Aryan descent were considered true Germans.
- The Nazi concept of the Aryan was closely tied to physical characteristics such as blond hair and blue eyes.
- In the 1930s and 1940s, the term Aryan was used to deny citizenship and rights to those deemed non-Aryan by the Nazi government.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Aryan tribes eventually migrated to various parts of Eurasia, influencing the cultural and linguistic development of the regions they settled in.
- Historians and linguists have long debated the origins and migration patterns of the ancient Aryan people.
- The Aryan language group eventually evolved into the distinct languages of Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, and many others.
- The Aryan people are believed to have been semi-nomadic pastoralists, moving seasonally to find grazing for their animals.
- The study of ancient Aryan culture has been inhibited by the lack of written records from the time period in question.