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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; < F régime < L regimen regimen

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re·gime also ré·gime (rā-zhēm', rĭ-)

1. A form of government: a fascist regime.
2. A government in power; administration: suffered under the new regime.
A prevailing social system or pattern.
The period during which a particular administration or system prevails.
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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