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Baath

or Baʿath, Baʿth

[ bah-ahth ]

noun

  1. a socialist party of some Arab countries, especially Iraq and Syria.


Ba'ath

/ bɑːˈɑːθ /

noun

  1. a variant of Ba'th
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • Baath·ism noun
  • Baath·ist noun adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Baath1

From the Arabic word baʿath literally, renaissance
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Example Sentences

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.

The Iraqi Baath achieved a toll of many hundreds of thousands.

On Monday, I spoke by phone to Mohammed, an opposition activist hiding out in the Al-Shams area of Homs near Al-Baath University.

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