Ba'th


Ba'th

(bɑːθ) or

Ba'ath

n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an Arab Socialist party, esp in Syria and formerly in Iraq, founded by Michel Aflaq in 1941. It attempts to combine Marxism with pan-Islamic nationalism[C20: from Arabic: resurgence] ˈBa'thi adj ˈBa'thism n ˈBa'thist n