regimes
Powers in control
Regimes is the plural of regime, a word for a system of government or administration, often one that is authoritarian or oppressive: The regime cracked down on dissent.
The term extends to any systematic way of doing things, particularly health-related routines: exercise regimes, dietary regimes.
In scientific contexts, regimes describe prevailing conditions or patterns: weather regimes, flow regimes.
The word carries a slightly formal or clinical tone compared to alternatives like system or routine.
Connected parts forming whole
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
configuration · mechanism · apparatus · infrastructure · network · hierarchy · organization · matrix
Unchecked single-ruler government
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- autocracyRule by one
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
junta · military rule · strongman · oppression · repression · censorship · propaganda · purge
Authority over a state
- democracyRule by the people
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- theocracyRule by religious authority
- republicState with elected leaders
parliament · colonial · puppet · interim · transitional · coalition · revolutionary · communist
Plan of timed events
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- programPlanned sequence of actions
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- planDetailed proposal for achieving
practice · discipline · structure · training · exercise · diet · skincare · fitness
Principles governing behavior
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
sanctions · oversight · monitoring · inspections · tariffs · trade · import · export
system
Connected parts forming whole
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
arrangement · configuration · mechanism · apparatus · infrastructure · network · hierarchy · organization · matrix · architecture
dictatorship
Unchecked single-ruler government
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- autocracyRule by one
despotism · junta · military rule · strongman · oppression · repression · censorship · propaganda · purge · cult of personality
government
Authority over a state
republic · parliament · colonial · puppet · interim · transitional · coalition · revolutionary · communist · socialist
schedule
Plan of timed events
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- programPlanned sequence of actions
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
plan · practice · discipline · structure · training · exercise · diet · skincare · fitness · medication
rules
Principles governing behavior
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- complianceAdhering to requirements
enforcement · sanctions · oversight · monitoring · inspections · tariffs · trade · import · export · restrictions
- rise and falltides, empires, stocks, markets, careers
- oppressorstyrants, despots, dictators, autocrats, authoritarians
- marital propertymarital property, marital assets, community property, separate property, joint property
regimesdemocracies
Governments elected by people
republics · liberal democracies · representative governments · self-governance · parliamentary systems
regimesanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
chaos · power vacuums · lawlessness · statelessness · disorder
regimesgovernments
Ruling political authorities
administrations · democratic institutions · the people · civil society · popular sovereignty
- training regimenPlanned exercise routine
- military regimeGovernment by armed forces
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
- totalitarian regimesStates with absolute control
- puppet regimeGovernment controlled externally
- fascist regimeDictatorial ultranationalist government
regime, regimen, regiment, regimented, regimentation, regimental, regiments