Definition of "régime" []

• A form of government: a fascist regime. (noun)
• A government in power; administration: suffered under the new regime. (noun)
• A prevailing social system or pattern. (noun)
• The period during which a particular administration or system prevails. (noun)
• A regulated system, as of diet and exercise; a regimen. (noun)

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• "At one point, the ex-spin doctor claimed audaciously: "If [the UN weapons inspector] Hans Blix had been able to say, 'He [Saddam Hussein] has got rid of the lot,' that would have been regime change - in that it would have been a different sort of ­regime.""
• "Clinton signed the ILA only because he felt it would be politically damaging not to, and throughout his term regime change in Iraq constituted a hope rather than a serious objective."
• "Also, the label regime could facilitate competition — calorie competition among chains!"