regime

/ɹəˈʒiːm/
noun

Mode of rule or management.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. Mode of rule or management.

    “a prison regime”

  2. A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.

    “the dictator's regime”

  3. A period of rule.

  4. A regulated system; a regimen.

    “a fitness regime”

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Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English regime, regyme, from Middle French regime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.

REGIME at a glance

REGIME has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + G 2 + I 1 + M 3 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,243 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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