regime
noun
[ reɪˈʒiːm ]
• a government, especially an authoritarian one.
• "ideological opponents of the regime"
Similar:
government,
authorities,
system of government,
rule,
reign,
dominion,
sovereignty,
jurisdiction,
authority,
control,
command,
administration,
establishment,
direction,
management,
leadership,
• a system or ordered way of doing things.
• "detention centres with a very tough physical regime"
Similar:
system,
arrangement,
scheme,
code,
apparatus,
mechanism,
order,
pattern,
method,
procedure,
routine,
policy,
practice,
course,
plan,
programme,
diet,
regimen,
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘regimen’): French régime, from Latin regimen ‘rule’ (see regimen). Sense 1 dates from the late 18th century (with original reference to the Ancien Régime).
