Regime Meaning
/ɹəˈʒiːm/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounMode of rule or management.
nounA form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
Sentence Examples
The obsolete regime is about to collapse.
All political dissidents were purged under the former regime.
It was seen as the only way to overthrow a corrupt regime.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The oppressive political ____ was finally overthrown by the citizens demanding democracy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The authoritarian ____ suppressed all political opposition and controlled the media tightly.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"For three weeks Lorde engages in a regime of rest, relaxation, eurhythmy, and active meditation."
— 1988 December 11, Cheryl Clarke, “Still Shouting Down The Silence”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 7:
"It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […]."
— 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
"Gorsuch’s theory would hobble this nondiscrimination regime by preventing the government from directing employers to tell employees about their rights and responsibilities under law."
— 2017, Mark Joseph Stern, “The Cake Is Just the Beginning”, in Slate:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The oppressive political ____ was finally overthrown by the citizens demanding democracy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The authoritarian ____ suppressed all political opposition and controlled the media tightly.