ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
  2. A period of rule.
  3. A regulated system; a regimen.
  4. A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
  5. (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

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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