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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.
Definition 2024
Regime
Regime
German
Noun
Regime n (genitive Regimes, plural Regime or Regimes)
Usage notes
The most common plural form is Regime. Nota bene that this is not an unchanged plural in pronunciation. The plural ending -e is only not visible in writing, because the singular ends in a mute -e.
Declension
Declension of Regime
regime
regime
English
Alternative forms
Noun
regime (plural regimes)
- Mode of rule or management.
- A form of government, or the government in power (as in a socialist regime).
- A period of rule.
- A regulated system; a regimen.
- 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
- It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].
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- (hydrology) A set of characteristics.
- A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May.
Usage notes
- When regime is used in the sense of form of government, it is often meant as a pejorative, and may imply an authoritarian or illegitimate government.
Derived terms
- exercise regime
- political regime
- regime change
Related terms
Translations
mode of rule or management
form of government
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period of rule
External links
- regime in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- regime in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
regime n (definite singular regimet, indefinite plural regimer, definite plural regima / regimene)
- a regime (form of government)