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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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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
His sons Aryan and AbRam will voice Simba and young Mufasa respectively.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2024
Adolf Hitler had agreed to host the Games after Joseph Goebbels, his propaganda minister, convinced him that the spectacle would be an opportunity to demonstrate the superiority of the Aryan race.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
Luz, a street captain for the Aryan Warriors, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for his conviction on felony racketeering and forgery charges, according to the Department of Corrections.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
Despite attempts among athletes and Jewish and African American organizations to boycott the Games, Hitler’s regime further used the Olympics to promote his destructive vision of Aryan racial superiority and physical prowess.
—Debbie Sharnak & Yannick Kluch / Made By History, TIME, 30 July 2024
Berlin was a major propaganda success for Hitler, although his efforts to advertise the supremacy of the Aryan race were undermined by the African-American sprinter Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 21 July 2024
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
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Though Aryan Khan himself grew up surrounded by the film industry, the series logline largely reflects his father’s experience of moving to Mumbai at a young age and breaking into cinema with no industry connections.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Nov. 2024
His sons Aryan and AbRam will voice Simba and young Mufasa respectively.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2024
Adolf Hitler had agreed to host the Games after Joseph Goebbels, his propaganda minister, convinced him that the spectacle would be an opportunity to demonstrate the superiority of the Aryan race.
—Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
Luz, a street captain for the Aryan Warriors, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for his conviction on felony racketeering and forgery charges, according to the Department of Corrections.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
Despite attempts among athletes and Jewish and African American organizations to boycott the Games, Hitler’s regime further used the Olympics to promote his destructive vision of Aryan racial superiority and physical prowess.
—Debbie Sharnak & Yannick Kluch / Made By History, TIME, 30 July 2024
Berlin was a major propaganda success for Hitler, although his efforts to advertise the supremacy of the Aryan race were undermined by the African-American sprinter Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 21 July 2024
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
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“Aryan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Aryan. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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