LOADED WORDS
“regime” — what this word changes.
"Regime" delegitimizes a government. "Government" normalizes the same body. Watch which countries get which word in the same week.
“regime” makes the story feel like
illegitimate, hostile, authoritarian.
The contrast: “government”
The other side's framing of the same event: legitimate, normal, internationally recognized.
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How Optics uses these words
Optics doesn't decide which framing is “right.” It surfaces them so a reader can see, in one glance, that the same event is being labeled completely differently depending on which outlet picked the verb. See the full loaded-word catalog or read the methodology.