Regime Definition

rəshēm, rāshēm

regimes

noun

regimes

A form of government or rule; political system.

Webster's New World

A usually heavy-handed administration or group in charge of an organization.

Raises were canceled under the new regime.

American Heritage

A social system or order.

Webster's New World

A way of organizing or managing something; a system.

An admissions regime at a college.

American Heritage

A particular administration or government.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Regime

Singular:

regime

Plural:

regimes

French régime from Old French from Latin regimen from regere to rule reg- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French régime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government").

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