Wafdist
- noun
- Archaic
- As a Wafdist, she passionately supported the party's efforts to achieve independence for Egypt.
Examples
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But the authoritarian way in which the Wafdist government was formed, in disregard for constitutional procedures, hardly represented support for democracy.
Academic text (1992) -
The site of the First Mall, Raafat recounted, once was the home of Wafdist Foreign Minister Wassef Boutrous Ghali (uncle of the former United Nations secretary-general) and his French wife, Louise.
Academic text (2005) -
Admittedly, there is one British action, namely the intervention in 1942 to force King Faruq to appoint the Wafdist leader, Mustafa al-Nahhas, as prime minister, that might at first glance seem to constitute an exception to this anti-democratic policy.
Academic text (1992) -
Many young people today admire the principles of the Wafdist movement and seek to understand its impact on Egyptian politics.
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A well-known Wafdist politician gave a speech at the rally about the importance of national unity.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Wafdist = Wafd (semi-transparent) = Wafd + ist
This is a regular suffixation with -ist from the proper name Wafd, but the base is a specialized political term that many learners may not know.
Etymology
Wafdist comes from the Egyptian party name Wafd, which in Arabic means 'delegation', like the English word 'delegate', and the English suffix -ist meaning 'supporter'. So a Wafdist is a person who belongs to or supports the Wafd party.
