(regimes)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you refer to a government or system of running a country as a regime, you are critical of it because you think it is not democratic and uses unacceptable methods.
...the collapse of the Fascist regime at the end of the war...
N-COUNT: oft supp N [disapproval]
2.
A regime is the way that something such as an institution, company, or economy is run, especially when it involves tough or severe action.
The authorities moved him to the less rigid regime of an open prison.
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3.
A regime is a set of rules about food, exercise, or beauty that some people follow in order to stay healthy or attractive.
He has a new fitness regime to strengthen his back.
N-COUNT: oft supp N