Baathist

Of or pertaining to Baathism or the Baath Party.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbɑːθɪst/

Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to Baathism or the Baath Party.

Origin

From Baath + -ist.

Forms

more Baathist most Baathist Bathist Ba'thist Baʻthist Ba'athist Baʻathist

Noun

  1. A supporter of Baathism.
    • Another Baathist, former Jordan Foreign Minister Abdullah Rimawi, is plowing a lonely furrow, and no one seems to want to follow him. - 1959, Swiss Review of World Affairs, page 27
    • Also, in March 1963, the Syrian Baathists were able to seize power in a coup that toppled the 'separatists'. - 1985, B. J. Odeh, Lebanon, dynamics of conflict: a modern political history, page 7
    • The Baathists were more ideologically motivated and believed that the Army should be made subservient to the Party, as they were aware that the military been the primaryforcebehind every regime change in Iraq since 1936. - 2008, Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Sammy Salama, Iraq's Armed Forces: An Analytical History
    • The second insurgency has been led by the ideological Baathists, or Saddam Hussein's loyalists and jihadi Salafis. - 2016, Tanya Narozhna, W. Andy Knight, Female Suicide Bombings: A Critical Gender Approach, page 83

Forms

Baathists Bathist Ba'thist Baʻthist Ba'athist Baʻathist