noun
Meaning 1
Mode of rule or management.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a prison regime
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noun
Mode of rule or management.
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noun
A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
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noun
A period of rule.
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noun
A regulated system; a regimen.
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A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
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noun
A set of characteristics.
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Topics: geography, hydrology, natural-sciences
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noun
(medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
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Synonyms: regimen
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Broader terms: plan, program, programme
noun
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: government, authorities
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Broader terms: polity
Narrower terms: authoritarian state, authoritarian regime, bureaucracy, ancien regime, court, royal court, Downing Street, empire, federal government, government-in-exile, local government, military government, stratocracy, palace, papacy, pontificate, puppet government, puppet state, pupet regime, state, state government, totalitarian state, totalitation regime
History
From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.
Across languages
143 source translations are retained for this English entry.