Baath
or Baʿath, Baʿth
[ bah-ahth ]
/ ˈbɑ ɑθ /
noun
a socialist party of some Arab countries, especially Iraq and Syria.
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Origin of Baath
From the Arabic word baʿath literally, renaissance
OTHER WORDS FROM Baath
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Example sentences from the Web for baath
No regime embodied the dysfunction of the Middle East like Saddam's Baath Party.
The Baath in Iraq was the only government in the world, after the Nazis, to use poison gas on its own people.
But this did not prevent the Baath from thriving, in its day.
Most have experienced nothing other than the 48-year rule of the Baath Party.