regime
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6.1
- noun
- /rɪˈʒim/
- Literature
:
régimen
- That is a totalitarian communist regime that has human rights issues.
- an authoritarian regime
- a communist regime
- a military regime
Russia, Iran and the regime itself are not buying it.
- Russia, Iran and the regime itself are not buying it.
- And this is one of the Israeli regime's closest allies, right?
- His own minions in the regime barely have FaceTime with him.
- And that it's wrong to think of the Nazi regime as anti science.
- Hamas has lost, Hezbollah has lost, the Syrian regime has been overthrown.
- The bet is that the Iranian regime will change.
- And so we need a regime that enables some control.
- And then the Assad regime came down on them like a ton of bricks.
- It was a secular Baathist regime run by Saddam Hussein.
- The apartheid regime is the only one to blame.
- Under the Soviet regime, Admiral Kolchak's name was disgraced.
- The ASU was defeated and the new regime reallied itself with the Entente.
- I mean, to some extent that is what the Putin regime has been about, right?
- Because look at the first thing, the first thing that oppressive regimes do is what?
- You know, since he was his regime change came to him.
- Many opponents of the regime were simply disappear.
Examples
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Throughout its history, it has supported the Hashemite regime and political stability during various crises.
Academic text (1999) -
When the communist regime in Prague fell, what did they do?
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Chinese people are the biggest victims of their own regime and government.
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More than ever, citizens are speaking out against the regime with greater freedom and less fear.
Academic text (1999) -
I want nothing left from that old regime.
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You stood by that regime, the same as the rest of us.
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Russia, Iran and the regime itself are not buying it.
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Even after independence, the British supported the regime through subsidies for political and economic development.
Academic text (1999) -
The market reforms imposed by the Pinochet regime made exports the engine of Chile's economic development.
Academic text (1999) -
The oppressive regime implemented strict laws to silence dissent and maintain control.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The way a country or community is run
∞
4.0
The period when a president or leader is in office
697
2.0
Control of a country by a person or group
157
4.8
A government where one person or a small group has all power and does not allow political opposition
109
6.7
One person or a small group rules a country cruelly
30
7.5
A country where the government uses strict police control and spying to limit people's freedoms
18
8.1
A group of military officers who take control of a country by force
7
9.6
A government where one person or group has all power and rules cruelly
6
8.3
A government that controls almost all parts of people's lives by force
5
7.4
A government where one leader or a small group holds power and limits people's freedoms
5
8.2
A government that controls almost every part of people's lives and punishes people who disagree
5
8.2
A government in which one person has all power
4
8.5
A group of army officers who take control of a country by force
3
5.8
A government run by another country that does what the other country wants and has little real power
2
8.4
A government controlled by a foreign power with no real independence
2
3.5
The group of people who run a country
1
7.6
A country ruled by leaders who tightly control people's lives and freedoms
1
8.2
A government where one person has all power and others cannot oppose them
A government where one person has all power over the country and no limits
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
6
8.3
A government that controls almost all parts of people's lives by force
5
7.4
A government where one leader or a small group holds power and limits people's freedoms
- Archaic
A government in former Yugoslavia where Serbian communist leaders rule
How Authoritarian
- Formal
6
8.3
157
4.8
5
7.4
- Literature
535
6.1
573
3.6
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1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word regime meaning a government comes from Latin regere, meaning 'to rule'. It is the same root as English words like regular and regulate, so a regime is the people or system that runs and rules a country.