regime : Idioms & Phrases


ancien regime

  • noun a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)
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authoritarian regime

  • noun a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people
    authoritarian state.
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pupet regime

  • noun a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed
    puppet state; puppet government.
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The ancient régime, ∨ Ancien régime

  • F., the former political and social system, as distinguished from the modern; especially, the political and social system existing in France before the Revolution of 1789.
Webster 1913

totalitation regime

  • noun a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures
    totalitarian state.
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