Baath

or Baʿath, Baʿth

[bah-ahth]

noun

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

Origin of Baath

From the Arabic word baʿath literally, renaissance

Related formsBa·ath·ism, nounBa·ath·ist, noun, adjective

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Examples from the Web for baath

Contemporary Examples of baath

No regime embodied the dysfunction of the Middle East like Saddam's Baath Party.
Was the Iraq War Worth It?
Justin Green
March 20, 2013
The Baath in Iraq was the only government in the world, after the Nazis, to use poison gas on its own people.
Baathism Can't Die Quickly Enough
Justin Green
September 20, 2012
But this did not prevent the Baath from thriving, in its day.
Baathism Can't Die Quickly Enough
Justin Green
September 20, 2012
Most have experienced nothing other than the 48-year rule of the Baath Party.
Syria's Media War
Anonymous
May 18, 2011

Word Origin and History for baath

Baath

pan-Arab socialist party, founded by intellectuals in Syria in 1943, from Arabic ba't "resurrection, renaissance."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper