noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Mode of rule or management.

   "a prison regime"

2. 2
   (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet) wordnet
3. 3
   A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.

   "the dictator's regime"

4. 4
   the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit wordnet
5. 5
   A period of rule.

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6. 6
   A regulated system; a regimen.

   "a fitness regime"

7. 7
   A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
8. 8
   A set of characteristics.

   "A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May."

Synonyms

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governmentregimenacid-ash dietadministrationallergy dietauthorities

Example

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"The obsolete regime is about to collapse."

Etymology

From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.

Related phrases

ancient regimecollaborationist regimedisturbance regimeepistemic regimeexercise regimefire regimehybrid regimeold regimepolitical regimepuppet regimeregime change

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