Baathist
- a word derived from Baath.
Example Sentences
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“We had very little thought about what would follow the collapse of the Baathist regime.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
But the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted Hussein and his Baathist rule opened up Iraq — with its majority Shiite population — to large-scale Iranian presence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
In Iraq, even though most all senior Baathist officials were, like Saddam Hussein, of the Sunni minority, he endeavored to sprinkle just enough Shiites and Kurds through his administration to lend it an ecumenical sheen.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2016
During Saddam Hussein’s regime, the city was famous for producing skilled Baathist military officers; after the U.S. disbanded the Iraqi Army and eradicated the Baath Party, it became famous for producing skilled insurgents.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
It was the first independent publication in Baathist Syria.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2015
