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regime definition

re·gime or régime ré·gime′ (rə z̸hēm′, rā-)

noun

    1. a form of government or rule; political system
    2. a particular administration or government
  2. a social system or order
  3. the period of time that a person or system is in power
  4. regimen (sense )

Etymology: Fr régime < L regimen: see regimen

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regime Synonyms

regime

n.

administration, management, political system; see administration 2, 3, government 1, 2.


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regime Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • bonapartism: A regime of bourgeois Bonapartism in Russia or Poland would not be a stable regime.

Possessives

  • shah: An insurance carrier shah's regime early brown just thinks.

Converse of object

  • overthrow: President Bush announced that diplomacy had failed and consequently the United States has the right to enforce United Nations resolutions to overthrow brutal regimes.

Adjective modifier

  • regulatory: These objectives are central to the new regulatory regime created by the Act.

Noun used with modifier

  • non-proliferation: The specter of nuclear terrorism has placed a new premium on the need to strengthen the global nuclear non-proliferation regime.
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regime quotes

If the individual isno longer to be sovereign, if the police can pick him up whenever they do not like the cut of his jib†we enter a new regime.

-Douglas, (George) Norman

To be in love with a country or a political regime is a tricky business.You get your heart broken even more surely than by being in love with a person.

-Lessing, Doris May ne¤  e Tayler

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