noun
regime
ray-ZHEEM/reɪˈʒiːm/
An organized system of control or administration.
The regime keeps citizens behind a barrier while guards flank the ruler.
Etymology
Latin regimen covered guidance and government, making a regime fundamentally a system of rule or management. Its present application to an authoritarian government is narrower than that broad underlying meaning.
In context
as prime minister, for a time the former king, Sihanouk, was even brought into the government, in an effort to prevent him becoming a focus of opposition to the new regime, but he resigned
More examples
- The new regime promises free elections.
- Banks operate under a strict regulatory regime.
- The two countries have different tax regimes.
Forms
regime · regimes
Similar words
- government
- Government refers to the governing authority, not every management system.
- administration
- Administration emphasizes the people or processes that carry out management.
- system
- System is broader and need not involve control or authority.