Definitions

1. verb

to make or declare someone an Aryan, typically with the intention of justifying persecution or discrimination against them.

“The historian warned that the Nazi regime’s efforts to arianize the population of Eastern Europe led to the deaths of millions of people.”

2. verb

to attribute or impute a supposed Aryan origin or purity to someone or something, especially as a means of asserting superiority or legitimacy.

“The politician’s arianization of his family’s ancestry was a thinly veiled attempt to conceal his true ethnic heritage.”