regime

Plural: regimes

Noun

• the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
• (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
• Mode of rule or management.
• A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
• A period of rule.
• A regulated system; a regimen.
• A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
• A set of characteristics.

Examples

• "a fitness regime"
• "a prison regime"
• "A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May."
• "Heaven will eliminate the tyrannical regimes."
• "the dictator's regime"

Synonyms

authorities, government, regimen

Related Words

regimen