regime

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  1. noun A form of government: a fascist regime.
  2. noun A government in power; administration: suffered under the new regime.
  3. noun A prevailing social system or pattern.
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  • The people wanted more of this game than the regime was allowing them to have. —  FSF,January2007
  • In my opinion, the arrest, on the outbreak of the war, of those public officials who had hitherto been antagonistic to the regime was a mistake. —  Commandant of Auschwitz
  • The idea that the regime is afraid of trade and tourism is a fallacy. —  Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator
  • He argued that "changing the regime is the only way to change the behavior," but if all else fails, the U.S. should use lasers to wipe out the missile. —  Think Progress
  • "Significantly, the regime was also receiving intelligence from the Russians that fed suspicions that the attack out of Kuwait was merely a diversion," the report stated. —  FP Passport
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  1. French régime, from Old French, from Latin regimen, from regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.
 

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