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re⋅gime

  [ruh-zheem, rey-, or, sometimes, -jeem]
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–noun
1. a mode or system of rule or government: a dictatorial regime.
2. a ruling or prevailing system.
3. a government in power.
4. the period during which a particular government or ruling system is in power.
5. Medicine/Medical. regimen (def. 1).
Also, ré⋅gime.

Origin:
1770–80; < F régime < L regimen regimen
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re·gime also ré·gime   (rā-zhēm', rĭ-)   
n.  
    1. A form of government: a fascist regime.
    2. 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.]
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regime [(ray-zheem, ri-zheem)]

An administration, or a system of managing government.

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Language Translation for : regime
Spanish: régimen,
German: das Regierungssystem,
Japanese: 政体
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regime 
"system of government or rule," 1792, from Fr. régime, from L. regimen "rule, guidance, government," from regere (see regal). In Fr., l'ancien régime refers to the system of government before the revolution of 1789.
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Main Entry: re·gime
Pronunciation: rA-'zhEm, ri-
Function: noun
: a system of principles, rules, or regulations for administration (as of property) regime —People v. Garcia, 642 North Eastern Reporter, Second Series 1077 (1994)> regime> —used esp. in the civil law of Louisiana
NOTE: Under the Louisiana Civil Code there are various regimes for various types of property, such as community or separate property. These regimes, while usually established by the law, may also be modified or created by agreement of the parties.
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Main Entry: re·gime
Pronunciation: rA-'zhEm, ri- also ri-'jEm
Function: noun
: REGIMEN
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regime re·gime (rā-zhēm', rĭ-)
n.
A regulated system, as of diet and exercise; a regimen.

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