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re·gime also ré·gime  (r-zhm, r-)
n.
1.
a. A form of government: a fascist regime.
b. A government in power; administration: suffered under the new regime.
2. A prevailing social system or pattern.
3. The period during which a particular administration or system prevails.
4. A regulated system, as of diet and exercise; a regimen.

[French régime, from Old French, from Latin regimen, from regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

regime, régime [reɪˈʒiːm]
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a system of government or a particular administration a fascist regime the regime of Fidel Castro
2. (Sociology) a social system or order
3. (Medicine) Med another word for regimen [1]
[from French, from Latin regimen guidance, from regere to rule]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.regimeregime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"
governing, government activity, government, governance, administration - the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
polity - a politically organized unit
authoritarian regime, authoritarian state - a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people
bureaucracy - a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
ancien regime - a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)
royal court, court - the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state
Downing Street - the British government
empire - a group of countries under a single authority; "the British created a great empire"
federal government - a government with strong central powers
government-in-exile - a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated
local government - the government of a local area
military government, stratocracy - government by the military and an army
palace - the governing group of a kingdom; "the palace issued an order binding on all subjects"
papacy, pontificate - the government of the Roman Catholic Church
government department - a department of government
law-makers, legislative assembly, legislative body, legislature, general assembly - persons who make or amend or repeal laws
governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
executive - persons who administer the law
judiciary, bench - persons who administer justice
judicatory, judicial system, judiciary, judicature - the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
pupet regime, puppet government, puppet state - a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed
state - the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"
division - an administrative unit in government or business
state government - the government of a state in the United States
totalitarian state, totalitation regime - a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures
government officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a government
2.regimeregime - (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
plan, program, programme - a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"
medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

regime
noun
1. government, rule, authorities, management, administration, leadership, establishment, reign the collapse of the fascist regime
2. plan, course, system, policy, programme, scheme, diet, arrangement, procedure, regimen a drastic regime of economic reform
Translations
regime régime [reɪˈʒiːm] n
(= rulers) → régime m
a military regime → un régime militaire
the Franco regime → le régime de Franco
(= organizational system) → régime m
a strict prison regime → un régime carcéral strict
(= diet and exercise) → régime m de vie
From now on you must keep to a really strict regime of diet and exercise → À partir de maintenant, vous devez suivre un régime de vie vraiment strict fondé sur une bonne alimentation et de l'exercice physique.
a fitness regime → un régime de remise en forme
regime change nchangement m de régime
regime
n
(Pol) → Regime nt; regime changeFührungswechsel m
(fig: = management, social system etc) → System nt


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For the rest, so little do they conceal the reactionary character of their criticism that their chief accusation against the bourgeoisie amounts to this, that under the bourgeois regime a class is being developed, which is destined to cut up root and branch the old order of society.
The iron bars were a relic of the old regime, and no one had ever thought of dislodging them.
At that time enthusiasm for the Emperor Alexander's regime had weakened and a patriotic and anti-French tendency prevailed there, and this, together with his past and his intellect and his originality, at once made Prince Nicholas Bolkonski an object of particular respect to the Moscovites and the center of the Moscow opposition to the government.
 
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