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Baath Party

Syllabification: (Ba·ath Par·ty)
Pronunciation: /bäTH/

(also Ba'ath)
Definition of Baath Party
  • a pan-Arab socialist party founded in Syria in 1943. Different factions of the Baath Party hold power in Syria and formerly held power in Iraq.

Derivatives

Baathism

Pronunciation: /-izəm/

noun

Baathist

Pronunciation: /-ist/

adjective & noun

Origin:

Baath, from Arabic ba῾ṯ 'resurrection, renaissance'

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