regime

regime
01. During the military [regime] of Augusto Pinochet in Chile, thousands of people were tortured and murdered because of their opposition to the government.
02. As an elite athlete, he follows a strict [regime] of eating only the healthiest food.
03. The fall of the Berlin Wall was a graphic illustration of the collapse of the Communist [regimes] in Eastern Europe.
04. Many Chilean immigrants to this country are people who were imprisoned or intimidated during the Pinochet [regime].
05. My doctor has put me on a special fitness [regime] to help me get back to good health.
06. The country's economy is struggling under a drastic [regime] of economic reforms.
07. Millions of people in the Soviet Union died or disappeared during the [regime] of Joseph Stalin.
08. Svetlana Alliluyeva once said that it is human nature that rules the world, not governments and [regimes].
09. The American government is hoping the Northern Alliance will be able to overthrow the Taliban [regime] in Afghanistan.
10. He follows a fitness [regime] which has him running at least 3 miles a day.
11. Until the corrupt [regimes] of the region are toppled and totally destroyed, the African continent will not know peace.
12. In December 1978, a large Vietnamese army swept into Cambodia, and overthrew the [regime] of Pol Pot.
13. Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader Pancho Villa fought the [regimes] of both Porfirio Diaz and Victoriano Huerta during the Mexican revolution.
14. In 1973, Chile's government was overthrown by a dictatorial military [regime] led by Augusto Pinochet.
15. Adolf Hitler's Nazi [regime] came to power in Germany on January 30, 1933.
16. During the U.S.-Iraq conflict in 2003, Senator John Kerry stated, "What we need now is not just a [regime] change in Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but we need a [regime] change in the United States."

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Regime — Sn Herrschaft erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. régime, dieses aus l. regimen Leitung (regieren). Bei der Differenzierung gegenüber Regierung spezialisiert sich das Wort auf nicht anerkannte, undemokratische… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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  • regime — UK US /reɪˈʒiːm/ noun [C] ► a particular way of operating or organizing a system, an economy, etc.: an investment/a pricing/a tax regime »Many individual employees will benefit from this favourable tax regime. »Trading would be under London s… …   Financial and business terms

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  • regime — /re dʒime/, non com. / rɛdʒime/ s.m. [dal lat. regĭmen regimĭnis governo, amministrazione , der. di regĕre reggere ]. 1. (polit.) a. [assetto istituzionale di uno stato: r. democratico, parlamentare, presidenziale ] ▶◀ governo, ordinamento… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • regime — system of government or rule, 1792, from Fr. régime, from L. regimen rule, guidance, government, from regere (see REGAL (Cf. regal)). In French, l ancien régime refers to the system of government before the revolution of 1789 …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Regime — (franz., spr. schīm ), Staatsverwaltung, Regierung (vgl. Ancien régime). – In der Medizin (auch lat. Regimen) das ganze vorgeschriebene Verhalten bezüglich des Essens, Trinkens, Schlafens, Wohnens, Tätigseins, Ruhens, mit einem Worte: der Diät …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Regime — (frz., spr. schihm), Staatsverwaltung; Lebensordnung, Diät. (S. auch Ancien régime.) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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