Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A government, especially an oppressive or undemocratic one.
- noun A usually heavy-handed administration or group in charge of an organization.
- noun A way of organizing or managing something; a system.
- noun A regulated system of diet, exercise, or medical treatment; a regimen.
- noun The period during which a particular administration or system prevails.
- noun A prevailing pattern of water flow, as of a river.
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- noun Mode of
rule ormanagement - noun A form of
government , or the government in power (as in asocialist regime) - noun A period of rule
- noun A regulated
system ; aregimen - noun hydrology A set of
characteristics
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At one point, the ex-spin doctor claimed audaciously: "If [the UN weapons inspector] Hans Blix had been able to say, 'He [Saddam Hussein] has got rid of the lot,' that would have been regime change - in that it would have been a different sort of regime."
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Clinton signed the ILA only because he felt it would be politically damaging not to, and throughout his term regime change in Iraq constituted a hope rather than a serious objective.
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But where would it drive them to, if all other similar chains are also subject to the label regime?
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But where would it drive them to, if all other similar chains are also subject to the label regime?
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Also, the label regime could facilitate competition — calorie competition among chains!
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I'm happy that he's using the term regime for øbama.
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Rajanews affiliated with Khamenei's band added: "recently Monafeghin (the term regime uses to call PMOI) have sent a part of their message by (Short Message Service) SMS to their followers and other citizens demanding them to turn the Feast of Fire into a Blazing Uprising".
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I'm happy that he's using the term regime for øbama.
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His address appeared to only heighten the gulf between Mr. Mubarak and the tens of thousands of protesters who took part in Friday's planned "Day of Wrath" against what they characterized as the regime's oppression, stagnation and lack of opportunity.
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From Japan, L. Douglass Garrett, who writes the Competing Hypotheses blog, says a new constitution could serve Fiji well, but questions whether the Bainimarama regime is the right team to create that document.
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