REGIME

regimen, regime

(noun) (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)

government, authorities, regime

(noun) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; “the government reduced taxes”; “the matter was referred to higher authorities”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

regime (plural regimes)

Mode of rule or management.

A form of government, or the government in power.

A period of rule.

A regulated system; a regimen.

A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.

(hydrology) A set of characteristics.

Usage notes

• When regime is used in the sense of form of government, it is usually meant as a pejorative, and may be intended to brand that government as illegitimate or authoritarian.

Anagrams

• emigre, emigré, émigré

Source: Wiktionary

Ré`gime" (r`zhm"), n. Etym: [F. See Regimen.]

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.)

Definition: 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 Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition