Arab Spring

noun

: a series of anti-government uprisings affecting Arab countries of North Africa and the Middle East beginning in 2010

Examples of Arab Spring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The project was motivated by the internet shutdowns during the Arab Spring mass protests that began in December 2010 against Middle Eastern and North African regimes. —Alberto Dainotti, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2026

The specter of the Arab Spring, where dictators fell across the region only for chaos to follow, looms large. —Paul Wallace, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026

Middle East efforts In Bulgaria, Mladenov held the position of defense minister for a year, before serving as foreign minister from 2010-13, during the uprisings in the Middle East known as the Arab Spring when Syria also descended into civil war. —Veselin Toshkov, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026

In its early episodes, Season 2 just doesn’t seem to be about anything in the way that Season 1 was about bad Western actors profiteering off the Arab Spring and the UK’s diminished role in world affairs. —Judy Berman, Time, 9 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2010, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Arab Spring

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