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regime

/ɹəˈʒim/

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What does regime mean?

noun

  1. Mode of rule or management.
  2. A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
  3. A period of rule.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. A regulated system; a regimen.
  2. A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
  3. A set of characteristics.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɹəˈʒim/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ɹeɪˈʒim/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Of what advantage is it to him that society has left the state of war to enter the regime of police?
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444
Under their regime, there was one lonely idle telephone in the White House, used by the servants several times a week.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819
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Also, the new regime is permitting the establishment of private enterprises of 20 or fewer employees in services, handicrafts, and small-scale industry.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
The true cause of the disappearance of the ancien regime was simply the weakening of the traditions which served as its foundations.
Gustave Le BonThe Psychology of RevolutionProject Gutenberg ebook #448
They would be equally possible under State Socialism, and under certain circumstances they might even be carried out in a capitalistic regime.
Bertrand RussellProposed Roads to FreedomProject Gutenberg ebook #690