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Baath
or Baʿath, Baʿth
[ bah-ahth ]
noun
- a socialist party of some Arab countries, especially Iraq and Syria.
Ba'ath
/ bɑːˈɑːθ /
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Other Words From
- Baath·ism noun
- Baath·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.
From The Daily Beast
The Baath in Iraq was the only government in the world, after the Nazis, to use poison gas on its own people.
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But this did not prevent the Baath from thriving, in its day.
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The Iraqi Baath achieved a toll of many hundreds of thousands.
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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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