Variant: or Ba'ath · ism
Pronunciation: ' bä-thi-z ə m
Function: noun
Etymology: Baath ( Party ) (part translation of Arabic ḥ izb al-ba'ath, literally, Renaissance Party) + -ism
Date: 1963
: the principles and policies of the Baath political party of Iraq and Syria characterized especially by promotion of pan-Arab socialism
– Baath · ist or Ba'ath · ist \ -thist \ noun or adjective