Baathism
noun
Baath·ism
ˈbä-thi-zəm 
variants
or Ba'athism
: the principles and policies of the Baath political party of Iraq and Syria characterized especially by promotion of pan-Arab socialism
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There were indeed some Islamic elements to Baathism and official Iraqi government policy in the late 1960s and 1970s.
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Amatzia Baram, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2016
The cultural Arabism of Zaydan is historically and ideologically distinct from the Syrian Baathism that seems to inform the television show, but Calderwood says nothing about Arabism or Baathism or their relations.
—Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2021
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Amatzia Baram, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2016
The cultural Arabism of Zaydan is historically and ideologically distinct from the Syrian Baathism that seems to inform the television show, but Calderwood says nothing about Arabism or Baathism or their relations.
—Robyn Creswell, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2021
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“Baathism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Baathism. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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