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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

  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
  3. A period of rule.
  4. A regulated system; a regimen. a fitness regime
  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.

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

Españolrégimen
한국어제도 jedo
日本語制度 seido
中文制度 zhìdù, 體制 /体制 tǐzhì, 體系 /体系 tǐxì
Portuguêsregime, regimento
Françaisrégime
DeutschRegime
Ελληνικάσύστημα sýstima, διοίκηση dioíkisi
Русскийрежи́м režím, строй stroj
Tiếng Việtchế độ
العربيةنِظَام niẓām
עבריתמִשְׁטָר mishtár

noun form of government

Españolrégimen
한국어정권 jeonggwon, 체제 cheje
日本語政権 seiken, 体制 taisei, レジーム rejīmu
中文政權 /政权 zhèngquán
हिन्दीशासन śāsan, प्रशासन praśāsan
Portuguêsregime
Françaisrégime
DeutschRegime
Italianoregime
Ελληνικάκαθεστώς kathestós, πολίτευμα polítevma
Românăregim
Русскийрежи́м režím, строй stroj
Tiếng Việtchế độ
العربيةنِظَام niẓām, سَطْوَة saṭwa
עבריתמִשְׁטָר mishtár

noun period of rule

Españolrégimen
中文政權統治時期 /政权统治时期 zhèngquán tǒngzhì shíqí
Portuguêsregime
Françaisrégime
DeutschRegime
Русскийрежи́м režím
Tiếng Việtchế độ

noun regulated system

中文養生法 /养生法 yǎngshēngfǎ, 養生術 /养生术 yǎngshēngshù
Portuguêsregime

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@misc{regime_2026,
  title = {regime},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/regime},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}