Aryanism
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- noun
- /ˈɛəriənɪzəm/
- Offensive
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- When you look at it, the whole novel seems to be an indictment of Aryanism as practiced by the Nazis since that was their big racist schtick.
Examples
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(33) See Tony Ballantyne, Orientalism and Race: Aryanism in the British Empire (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002).
Academic text (2018) -
So after defeating Licinius, he learned more about Aryanism, which was strong in the East.
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I don't want to go into Aryanism, but there is an answer to be found, and I don't think you will like it very much.
Blog text (32) -
The lesson of antisemitism is then not only to reject something like 'Aryanism' but to reject Semitism.
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The ideology of Aryanism claims that people of Aryan descent are superior to other races.
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Critics argue that Aryanism has fueled hatred and discrimination throughout history.
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Many scholars study the impact of Aryanism on modern extremist movements.
Synonyms
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Treating people unfairly because of their race
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The belief that white people are better than people of other races and should control society
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The idea that one group is better than others and should control them
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Thinking your own culture is better than other cultures
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Belief that some races are better and that others can be treated unfairly
The belief that people of one race are better than people of other races
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Aryanism comes from the old Sanskrit word arya, which meant 'noble' and was used by some ancient people as a name. Later, that word was wrongly used to claim some people were a 'superior' race, so Aryanism now means the harmful belief in racial superiority.