English Explanatory Dictionary

de-Baathification

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The policy of removing Baath party members from Iraqi government positions following the fall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Word forms

de-Baathification de-Ba'thification de-Baʻthification de-Ba'athification deba'athification de-Bathification debathification

Etymology

From de- + Baath + -ification. Modeled on denazification, a similar concept employed against the conquered Nazi government following the Second World War.

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