regime noun [ C ] (MANAGEMENT)
C2 mainly disapproving a particular government or a system or method of government:
The old corrupt, totalitarian regime was overthrown.
› a particular way of operating or organizing a business, etc.:
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- The regime tried to silence dissent with a programme of mass murder.
- He urged governments worldwide to break diplomatic ties with the new regime.
- The government was accused of covert military operations against the regime.
- The once docile population has finally risen up against the ruthless regime.
- The drafting of a new constitution cannot be a monopoly of the white minority regime .
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