regime

regime is on the Academic Word List.

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• IPA ^(key): /rəˈʒiːm/ or /reɪˈʒiːm/ or /ˈreɪʒiːm/

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Noun

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.