khubzism

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noun

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

OriginArabic خُبْز →
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Meanings

nounkhubzism (uncountable)

alternative Khubzism

  1. uncountableThe 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

Origin

  1. Arabicخُبْز“bread”
  2. Englishkhubzism

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

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