regime
/ɹəˈʒiːm/ noun B2- Mode of rule or management. · a prison regime
- A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one. · the dictator's regime
- A period of rule.
- A regulated system; a regimen. · a fitness regime
- A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
- A set of characteristics. · A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May.
Plural regimes
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