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Arab Winter

Arab Winter proper noun: the antidemocratic aftermath of the Arab Spring, involving more authoritarian governments and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

Proper noun

Arab Winter

  1. The antidemocratic aftermath of the Arab Spring, involving more authoritarian governments and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.
    • The Arab Winter Is Coming [title]2018 November 3, Hassan Hassan, “The Arab Winter Is Coming”, in The Atlantic
    • The second argument of the book is that Arab nationalism looks very different during today’s Arab winter than it did before the Arab spring.2020 May 12, Noah Feldman, “‘The Arab Winter,’ by Noah Feldman: An Excerpt”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin of Arab Winter

Coined by Daniel Byman in The Washington Post in December 2011, in reference to the Arab Spring.

Questions about Arab Winter

What does Arab Winter mean?
Arab Winter means the antidemocratic aftermath of the Arab Spring, involving more authoritarian governments and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.
What part of speech is Arab Winter?
Arab Winter is a proper noun.

Words near Arab Winter in the dictionary

  1. Arab Republic of Egypt
  2. Arab Spring
  3. Arab strap
  4. Arab straps
  5. Arab street
  6. Arab Winter
  7. Arab World
  8. Arab.
  9. araba
  10. araban
  11. Arabana

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