Aryanization
noun
Aryanization is a noun meaning “The process or result of rendering Aryan; the subjection of a people or region to the cultural and linguistic influence of the ancient Aryan peoples” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-Y-A-N-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 71 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Aryanization is Aryanizations.
What does Aryanization mean?
noun
- 1
The process or result of rendering Aryan; the subjection of a people or region to the cultural and linguistic influence of the ancient Aryan peoples.
- 2
The process of the removal of non-Aryan elements from a society.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Aryanization
- Aryanizations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Aryanization?
Aryanization appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Aryanization in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the process or result of making Aryan:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | aryanisation |
| German | Arisierung |
| Portuguese | arianização |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Aryanization come from?
From Aryan + -ization.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).