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Webster 1913 Edition
Regime
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1.
Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system.
I dream . . . of the new
régime
which is to come. H. Kingsley.
2.
(Hydraul.)
The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform régime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections.
The ancient régime
, or
Ancien régime
[F.]
, the former political and social system, as distinguished from the modern; especially, the political and social system existing in France before the Revolution of 1789.
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régime
régime
English
Noun
régime (plural régimes)
- Alternative spelling of regime
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, pages 5{1} and 46{2} (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
- {1} There are many “Foucaults” — whether they are all texts, or features in a network of institutional power, a régime of truth and knowledge, or the discourse of the author and his works.
- {2} Personalities like Sigmund Freud' (1856–1939) silenced condemnation of madness. He abolished 'régimes of silence that reformers had employed. He made the mad talk. But he also developed the structure which included the medical personage — him — as omnipotent and quasi-divine.
- 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, pages 5{1} and 46{2} (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.ʒim/
Noun
régime m (plural régimes)
- regime
- (politics) kind of political system; regimen
- (grammar) regimen
- (technics) operating mode
- régime de maintenance ― maintenance mode
- (dietetics, nutrition) diet
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Verb
régime
- first-person singular present indicative of régimer
- third-person singular present indicative of régimer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of régimer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of régimer
- second-person singular imperative of régimer