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regime
- /ɹəˈʒiːm/
- /ɹeɪˈʒiːm/
- /ˈɹeɪʒiːm/
- /ˈɹɛʒiːm/
Rhymes with -iːm
Where it comes from
From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.
noun regimes · régime
- Mode of rule or management. a prison regime
- A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one. the dictator's regime
- A period of rule.
- A regulated system; a regimen. a fitness regime
- A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
- A set of characteristics. A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: government, authorities, regimen, system, dictatorship, polity, governance, junta, liberalisation, reign, legislation, policy, statute, institutional, institution, administration
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noun mode of rule or management
| Español | régimen |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 제도 jedo |
| 日本語 | 制度 seido |
| 中文 | 制度 zhìdù, 體制 /体制 tǐzhì, 體系 /体系 tǐxì |
| Português | regime, regimento |
| Français | régime |
| Deutsch | Regime |
| Ελληνικά | σύστημα sýstima, διοίκηση dioíkisi |
| Русский | режи́м režím, строй stroj |
| Tiếng Việt | chế độ |
| العربية | نِظَام niẓām |
| עברית | מִשְׁטָר mishtár |
noun form of government
| Español | régimen |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정권 jeonggwon, 체제 cheje |
| 日本語 | 政権 seiken, 体制 taisei, レジーム rejīmu |
| 中文 | 政權 /政权 zhèngquán |
| हिन्दी | शासन śāsan, प्रशासन praśāsan |
| Português | regime |
| Français | régime |
| Deutsch | Regime |
| Italiano | regime |
| Ελληνικά | καθεστώς kathestós, πολίτευμα polítevma |
| Română | regim |
| Русский | режи́м režím, строй stroj |
| Tiếng Việt | chế độ |
| العربية | نِظَام niẓām, سَطْوَة saṭwa |
| עברית | מִשְׁטָר mishtár |
Talk about this word "regime." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/regime. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. regime. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/regime "regime." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/regime.Cite this
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title = {regime},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/regime},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}