Regime is commonly followed by of to describe the type of system. In regime is used mainly for being under a system or within a technical operating mode. For regime is uncommon directly before the noun and usually belongs to another structure.
Use of regime mainly in noun phrases such as “change of regime” or “critics of the regime.” Use in a regime to describe life under a system. For regime is usually part of a different phrase such as “support for the regime,” where for relates to support, not to regime itself.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use of to classify or describe a political, legal, or administrative system.
Use under or in when referring to conditions experienced within a political or organisational system.
For often belongs to another noun such as support, funding, or approval.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
For normally modifies another noun or verb, not regime itself.
✕ They discussed for regime. ✓ They discussed the regime.Regime usually needs an article or modifier in this structure.
✕ Citizens lived in regime. ✓ Citizens lived in the regime.Of can show type, relationship, or association.
✓ The end of the regime changed the country.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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It can be correct when referring to life or activity within a system, especially with an article such as “in a regime.”
Of is very common in phrases such as “the fall of the regime” or “critics of the regime.”
Usually no as a direct combination. For normally connects to another noun, as in “support for the regime.”
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