regime change
English
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Source required for "widely believed": who?”) 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.
Noun
editregime change (countable and uncountable, plural regime changes)
- (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.
Synonyms
edit- (in American strategic language): rollback
Antonyms
editTranslations
editoverthrow of a government
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