Axis of Resistance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. Alternative letter-case form of axis of resistance.
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  1. An Iranian-led, anti-American, anti-Zionist, Shiite Islamist coalition in the Middle East whose significant participants include the IRGC, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis.

Word forms

Axis of Resistance the axis of resistance

Etymology

Calque of Arabic مِحْوَرُ المُقَاوَمَة (miḥwaru l-muqāwama). First used in 2002 in Libya in response to George W. Bush's axis of evil.

Derived words

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