regimes
- 1Plural of regime.
Authoritarian regimes often suppress dissent to maintain their grip on power.
The collapse of several regimes in quick succession reshaped the region's politics.
Note
A regular plural that carries every meaning of the singular, not only the political one. It most often names governments in power, and it leans toward the authoritarian, so calling elected governments regimes sounds pointed. It can also mean regulated systems, overlapping with regimen. In Mafia usage it means the divisions of a crime family, each led by a caporegime.
regimes is a form of regime
regime, noun: A form of government, or the particular government in power, especially an authoritarian or totalitarian one. Full entry
- Forms
- regimeregimes plural
- Spelling
- regime → regimes: add -s
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