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 [ruh-zheem, rey-, or, sometimes, -jeem]   Origin

re·gime

   [ruh-zheem, rey-, or, sometimes, -jeem]
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; < French régime < Latin regimen regimen

Can be confused: regime, regimen, regiment.
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regime or régime (reɪˈʒiːm)
 
—n
1.  a system of government or a particular administration: a fascist regime; the regime of Fidel Castro
2.  a social system or order
3.  med another word for regimen
 
[C18: from French, from Latin regimen guidance, from regere to rule]
 
régime or régime
 
—n
 
[C18: from French, from Latin regimen guidance, from regere to rule]

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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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regime re·gime (rā-zhēm', rĭ-)
n.
A regulated system, as of diet and exercise; a regimen.

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Cultural Dictionary
regime [(ray-zheem, ri-zheem)]

An administration, or a system of managing government.

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