Baathist
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- adjective
- /ˈbɑːθɪst/
- The following day, the Jamal Atassi Forum for Democratic Dialogue was established with the participation of communists, Nasserites, socialists, and Baathist critics of the regime, and on March 7, authorization was given to create independent organizations for the defense of human rights as well as cultural and social associations made up of moderate Muslims.
- Baathist regime
- Baathist rule
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- It was a secular Baathist regime run by Saddam Hussein.
Examples
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Nevertheless, despite the violence and thirty-five years of totalitarian Baathist rule, Iraqi artists, poets, and writers continue to produce a full measure of artistic work both inside and outside Iraq.
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The Baathist party's policies significantly impacted the political landscape in Syria.
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Presenting itself as a possible alternative to the Baathist regime, it demanded:
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Let them talk to the families that lived in constant, humiliating fear under Baathist rule.
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The Baathist government renamed streets and schools in Arabic and forced businesses to adopt Arab names.
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There must be an accord between major powers about the fate of the Baathist regime in Syria and an acceptable political solution for Iraq.
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Free from Baathist restrictions, many Kurdish refugees have returned to their homes in the city and its immediate environs.
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The Baathist regime launched a new round of ethnic cleansing and oppression of minorities in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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In April 2003, coalition forces and the Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga liberated Kirkuk from Baathist control.
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The Shiites could finally breathe a sigh of relief knowing al-Qaeda and the remnants of the old Baathist regime are finally and permanently on the other side of an international border.
Academic text (2015)
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Etymology
Baathist comes from the Arabic party name Ba'ath, which means 'rebirth' or 'resurrection', and so Baathist describes ideas, policies, or actions that are connected to that political party.