regime
♦ re|gime /reɪʒ'iːm/ (regimes)
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If you refer to a government or system of running a country as a regime, you are critical of it because you think it is not democratic and uses unacceptable methods.
...the collapse of the Fascist regime at the end of the war...
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A regime is the way that something such as an institution, company, or economy is run, especially when it involves tough or severe action.
The authorities moved him to the less rigid regime of an open prison.
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A regime is a set of rules about food, exercise, or beauty that some people follow in order to stay healthy or attractive.
He has a new fitness regime to strengthen his back.an|cien re|gime /'ɑːnsjɒn reɪʒ'iːm/
1 [N-SING] usu the N
The ancien regime was the political and social system in France before the revolution of 1789.
2 [N-SING] usu the N
If a country has had the same political system for a long time and you disapprove of it, you can refer to it as the ancien regime.
1 [N-COUNT] oft supp N
If you refer to a government or system of running a country as a regime, you are critical of it because you think it is not democratic and uses unacceptable methods.
...the collapse of the Fascist regime at the end of the war...
2 [N-COUNT]
A regime is the way that something such as an institution, company, or economy is run, especially when it involves tough or severe action.
The authorities moved him to the less rigid regime of an open prison.
3 [N-COUNT] oft supp N
A regime is a set of rules about food, exercise, or beauty that some people follow in order to stay healthy or attractive.
He has a new fitness regime to strengthen his back.an|cien re|gime /'ɑːnsjɒn reɪʒ'iːm/
1 [N-SING] usu the N
The ancien regime was the political and social system in France before the revolution of 1789.
2 [N-SING] usu the N
If a country has had the same political system for a long time and you disapprove of it, you can refer to it as the ancien regime.