Arab Spring

American  

noun

1. a series of uprisings in Arab countries, beginning in Tunisia in December 2010, in which protesters challenged the existing authoritarian regimes.

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Etymology

Origin of Arab Spring

Patterned after Prague Spring

Example Sentences

Tunisia emerged as the only democracy of the Arab Spring.

From Barron's

Saied was elected in 2019 after Tunisia emerged from the Arab Spring democracy movement.

From BBC

There have been other youth-led protests such as the anti-austerity Indignados Movement that kicked off in Spain in 2011 and the Arab Spring uprisings launched in 2010.

From Barron's

In doing so, he also ignited the Arab Spring, an exhilarating but short-lived popular uprising.

From The Wall Street Journal

A few years later, during the chaos of the Arab Spring, the Houthis established full control of Sa’dah province.

From The Wall Street Journal