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khubzism

khubzism noun: the repression of political parties, human rights, and the press in Tunisia under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Noun

khubzism (uncountable)

  1. The repression of political parties, human rights, and the press in Tunisia under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
    • Tunisians, who boasted the Arab world's highest literacy rate and its largest middle class, were subdued by a system they called Khubzism ...2011, Peter Mansfield, History of the Middle East, 2nd edition, London: Penguin Books, page 369

Forms of khubzism

alternative formKhubzism

Origin of khubzism

From Arabic خُبْز (ḵubz, “bread”) + -ism, in the idea of bread and circuses.

Questions about khubzism

What does khubzism mean?
Khubzism means the repression of political parties, human rights, and the press in Tunisia under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
What part of speech is khubzism?
Khubzism is a noun.

Words near khubzism in the dictionary

  1. Khuai
  2. Khuanghlawn
  3. khubani ka meetha
  4. khubber
  5. khubz
  6. khubzism
  7. Khuchbarov
  8. Khuchbarovs
  9. khud
  10. Khudabad
  11. Khudabadi

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