de-Baathification

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

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

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