Associations to the word «Regime»

Wiktionary

REGIME, noun. Mode of rule or management.
REGIME, noun. A form of government, or the government in power (as in a socialist regime).
REGIME, noun. A period of rule.
REGIME, noun. A regulated system; a regimen.
REGIME, noun. (hydrology) A set of characteristics.
RÉGIME, noun. Alternative spelling of regime
REGIME CHANGE, noun. An overthrow of a government that is considered an illegitimate regime by external force (especially military might), and its replacement with a new government according to the concept of political legitimacy promoted by that force.

Dictionary definition

REGIME, noun. The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities".
REGIME, noun. (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats