Regime
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹəˈʒiːm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Regime is a noun meaning Mode of rule or management.
Meaning
Mode of rule or management.
More Meanings
- A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
- A period of rule.
- A regulated system; a regimen.
- A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
- (hydrology) A set of characteristics.
Example Sentences
a prison regime
a fitness regime
the dictator's regime
Heaven will eliminate the tyrannical regimes.
Word Forms
- regimes
Synonyms for regime
Depending on context, synonyms include regimen, government, authorities.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include government, authorities, regimen, system, dictatorship, polity.
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