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regime en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹeɪˈʒiːm/
• (Southern-England) audio
• (Southern-England) audio
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹəˈʒiːm/
• /ˈɹɛʒiːm/
• /ˈɹeɪʒiːm/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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. 1988 December 11, Cheryl Clarke, “Still Shouting Down The Silence”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 7:
   • 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 […]. 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
   • 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. 2017, Mark Joseph Stern, “The Cake Is Just the Beginning”, in Slate:
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.

Forms

Deriveds

ancient regime · rogue regime · old regime · cryoregime · collaborationist regime · Zionist regime · fire regime · multiregime · antiregime · puppet regime · disturbance regime · photoregime · regime change · counterregime · exercise regime · political regime · epistemic regime · hybrid regime · nanoregime

Relateds

regimen

Translations (143)

sq regjim (form of government) · ky режим (form of government) · hy վարչակարգ (form of government) · km របបគ្រប់គ្រង (form of government) · bg строй (form of government) · fi järjestelmä (form of government) · ru строй (form of government) · bg режи́м (regulated system) · de Regime (period of rule) · tr rejim (form of government) · kk режим (form of government) · gl réxime (mode of rule or management) · ca règim (form of government) · id rezim (form of government) · ko 제도 (mode of rule or management) · yue 政權 /政权 (form of government) · de Regime (mode of rule or management) · it regime (form of government) · id rezim (mode of rule or management) · ckb ڕژێم (form of government) · ko 정권 (form of government) · es régimen (mode of rule or management) · cy cyfundrefn (mode of rule or management) · gl réxime (form of government) · sv regim (form of government) · sh režim (hydrology: set of characteristics) · lv režīms (form of government) · cmn 政權統治時期 /政权统治时期 (period of rule) · el καθεστώς (form of government) · ar نِظَام (mode of rule or management) · fr régime (mode of rule or management) · ckb ڕێژیم (form of government) · he מִשְׁטָר (form of government) · mk режим (period of rule) · bg режи́м (form of government) · kmr rejîm (form of government) · nl regime (form of government) · rsk режим (hydrology: set of characteristics) · nn regime (form of government) · uk лад (form of government) · pt regime (period of rule) · ro regim (form of government) · fi valtakausi (period of rule) · kk тәртіп (mode of rule or management) · el σύστημα (mode of rule or management) · ms rejim (form of government) · vi chế độ (mode of rule or management) · pl reżym (form of government) · fi hallintojärjestelmä (form of government) · fa-ira رِژیم (mode of rule or management) · es régimen (form of government) · fi hallintomalli (mode of rule or management) · cmn 體系 /体系 (mode of rule or management) · rsk режим (mode of rule or management) · cmn 養生術 /养生术 (regulated system) · kk тәртіптеме (mode of rule or management) · hu rezsim (mode of rule or management) · tg режим (form of government) · nb regime (form of government) · cmn 體制 /体制 (mode of rule or management) · pt regime (mode of rule or management) · pl reżim (mode of rule or management) · ko 체제 (form of government) · tk režim (form of government) · hu rezsim (form of government) · ca règim (mode of rule or management) · rsk режим (form of government) · th ระบอบการปกครอง (form of government) · rsk режим (period of rule) · ms rejim (mode of rule or management) · pt regime (regulated system) · fi järjestelmä (regulated system) · cmn 制度 (mode of rule or management) · nrf régînme (mode of rule or management) · be лад (form of government) · eo reĝimo (mode of rule or management) · ar نِظَام (form of government) · th ระบอบ (form of government) · vi chế độ (period of rule) · uz rejim (form of government) · fa-ira رِژیم (form of government) · sh rèžīm (form of government) · ota پرهیز (regulated system) · sk režim (form of government) · et kord (form of government) · ga réimeas (form of government) · ru режи́м (form of government) · lt santvarka (form of government) · mk режим (mode of rule or management) · fr régime (form of government) · vi chế độ (form of government) · ru режи́м (period of rule) · de Regime (form of government) · nrf régînme (form of government) · fi hallitusmuoto (form of government) · fi hallinto (mode of rule or management) · hy ռեժիմ (form of government) · el διοίκηση (mode of rule or management) · uk режи́м (mode of rule or management) · fi hallintokausi (period of rule) · bg строй (mode of rule or management) · hi शासन (form of government) · sl režim (form of government) · he מִשְׁטָר (mode of rule or management) · sk režim (mode of rule or management) · gl réxime (period of rule) · pt regime (form of government) · sh рѐжӣм (form of government) · km របប (form of government) · ru режи́м (mode of rule or management) · be рэжы́м (form of government) · az rejim (form of government) · lo ລະບອບ (form of government) · fr régime (period of rule) · ru строй (mode of rule or management) · es régimen (period of rule) · be рэжы́м (mode of rule or management) · hu rezsim (period of rule) · pdt Rejierunk (form of government) · cs režim (form of government) · ar سَطْوَة (form of government) · ja 体制 (form of government) · cmn 政權 /政权 (form of government) · cs režim (mode of rule or management) · lt režimas (form of government) · da regime (form of government) · fi säännöstely (hydrology: set of characteristics) · ja 制度 (mode of rule or management) · pl reżim (form of government) · ja レジーム (form of government) · hi प्रशासन (form of government) · mk режим (form of government) · cmn 養生法 /养生法 (regulated system) · pl ustrój (form of government) · nrf régînme (period of rule) · ja 政権 (form of government) · el πολίτευμα (form of government) · ka რეჟიმი (form of government) · pt regimento (mode of rule or management) · ka რეჟიმი (mode of rule or management) · uk режи́м (form of government) · bg режи́м (mode of rule or management) · id rezim (period of rule)