regime

nouncommon in dialogue

//ɹəˈʒiːm//
//ɹeɪˈʒiːm//

Mode of rule or management.

noun

1
Mode of rule or management.
a prison regime
2
A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
the dictator's regime
Heaven will eliminate the tyrannical regimes.
3
A period of rule.
4
A regulated system; a regimen.
a fitness regime
For three weeks Lorde engages in a regime of rest, relaxation, eurhythmy, and active meditation.
It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].
Gorsuch’s theory would hobble this nondiscrimination regime by preventing the government from directing employers to tell employees about their rights and responsibilities under law.
5
A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
6
A set of characteristics.
A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural: regimes

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