regime

From Wiktionary
regime is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation[change]

  • IPA (key): /rəˈʒiːm/ or /reɪˈʒiːm/ or /ˈreɪʒiːm/
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Noun[change]

Singular
regime

Plural
regimes

  1. (countable) A regime is a government, especially a bad or illegal one.
    Washington ended rule by the Taliban and established a new client regime in Afghanistan.
    Questions about how Jews had been treated under the Nazi regime troubled him after he had settled in Germany.
  2. (countable) A regime is a plan or system.
    Under Labour's new tax regime, families will be worse off.