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axis of resistance

axis of resistance proper noun: 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.

Proper noun (1)

the axis of resistance

  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.
    • The news agency said Assad and Jalili discussed their two countries' "strategic cooperation relationship" and "attempts by some Western countries and their allies to strike at the axis of resistance by targeting Syria and supporting terrorism there."2012 August 7, “Iran: We're in "axis of resistance" with Syria”, in CBS
    • Oddly, the Islamic Republic claims that Israel “lost five wars with the Axis of Resistance since the July 2006 war with the Lebanese resistance.”2021 August 7, Seth J. Frantzman, “Iran claims Israel afraid of conflict with its 'axis of resistance'”, in the Jerusalem Post

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Axis of Resistance

Axis of Resistance

  1. Alternative letter-case form of axis of resistance.

Examples of axis of resistance in a sentence

  • Iran’s axis of resistance consists of a network of political parties and armed groups that span Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen.2022 July 14, Nancy Ezzeddine, Hamidreza Azizi, “Iran's Increasingly Decentralzed Axis of Resistance”, in War on the Rocks:
  • They are thought to be one of the members of the axis of resistance most closely controlled by Iran.2024 January 14, Jason Burke, “Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ is a potent coalition but a risky strategy”, in the Guardian:

Forms of axis of resistance

alternative formAxis of Resistance

Origin of axis of resistance

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

Words formed from axis of resistance

Questions about axis of resistance

What does axis of resistance mean?
Axis of resistance means 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.
How do you use axis of resistance in a sentence?
Iran’s axis of resistance consists of a network of political parties and armed groups that span Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen.
What part of speech is axis of resistance?
Axis of resistance is a proper noun.

Words near axis of resistance in the dictionary

  1. axis cylinders
  2. axis deer
  3. axis mundi
  4. Axis of Epstein
  5. axis of evil
  6. axis of resistance
  7. axis of rotation
  8. axis of symmetry
  9. axis of upheaval
  10. Axis power
  11. Axis powers

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