"regime change" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: regime changes [plural]
Etymology: Widely believed to have been coined by U.S. President Bill Clinton and popularized by his Presidential successor George W. Bush in reference to the regime of Saddam Hussein. Use of the term dates back to 1925. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} regime change (countable and uncountable, plural regime changes)
  1. (politics) The overthrow of a government that is considered an illegitimate regime by means of external force (especially military might), and its replacement with a new government according to the concept of political legitimacy promoted by that force. Wikipedia link: regime change Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms (in American strategic language): rollback Translations (overthrow of a government): تَغْيِير اَلْنِظَام (taḡyīr al-niẓām) (Arabic), իշխանափոխություն (išxanapʻoxutʻyun) (Armenian), змена рэжыму (zmjena režymu) (Belarusian), 政權更迭 (Chinese Mandarin), 政权更迭 (zhèngquán gēngdié) (Chinese Mandarin), 政權交替 (Chinese Mandarin), 政权交替 (zhèngquán jiāotì) (Chinese Mandarin), 政權更換 (Chinese Mandarin), 政权更换 (zhèngquán gēnghuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 政權變動 (Chinese Mandarin), 政权变动 (zhèngquán biàndòng) (Chinese Mandarin), regimeskifte [neuter] (Danish), regimeverandering [feminine] (Dutch), regiimin vaihto (Finnish), changement de régime [masculine] (French), Regimewechsel [masculine] (German), Regimeänderung [feminine] (German), αλλαγή καθεστώτος (allagí kathestótos) [feminine] (Greek), शासन में परिवर्तन (śāsan mẽ parivartan) [masculine] (Hindi), cambiamento di regime [masculine] (Italian), 政体の変更 (seitai no henkō) (Japanese), 정권교체 (jeonggwon'gyoche) (english: refers to any change in administration, whether peaceful, violent) [usually] (Korean), تغییر رژیم (tağyir-e režim) (Persian), رژیم چنج (režim čenj) (Persian), transformacja ustrojowa [feminine] (Polish), mudança de regime [feminine] (Portuguese), schimbare de regim [feminine] (Romanian), сме́на режи́ма (sména režíma) [feminine] (Russian), cambio del régimen [masculine] (Spanish), regimskifte [neuter] (Swedish)

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