regime
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French régime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.
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regime (plural regimes)
- Mode of rule or management.
- a prison regime
- A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
- the dictator's regime
- Heaven will eliminate the tyrannical regimes.
- A period of rule.
- A regulated system; a regimen.
- a fitness regime
- 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 […].
- 2017, Mark Joseph Stern, “The Cake Is Just the Beginning”, in Slate:
- Gorsuch’s theory would hobble this nondiscrimination regime by preventing the government from directing employers to tell employees about their rights and responsibilities under law.
- A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
- (hydrology) A set of characteristics.
- A typical annual water level regime would include a gradual summer drawdown beginning in early May.
Usage notes edit
- When regime is used in the sense of a form or instance of government or state, it is usually meant as a pejorative, and may be intended to brand that government or state as illegitimate or authoritarian. Some usage commentators prescribe that when regime is used in the sense of "a regulated system; a regimen," such as for health or fitness regimens, the word regimen should be used instead. But Garner's Modern English Usage, fourth edition, says that the word regime predominates in that sense in British English and that the word regimen predominates in that sense in American English; this difference suggests that that prescription has been taken up more in America than in Britain.
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mode of rule or management
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form of government
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period of rule
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regulated system
division of a Mafia crime family
hydrology: set of characteristics
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Further reading edit
- “regime”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “regime”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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regime n (singular definite regimet, plural indefinite regimer)
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Declension of regime
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | regime | regimet | regimer | regimerne |
genitive | regimes | regimets | regimers | regimernes |
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regime n (plural regimes, diminutive regimetje n)
- regime (political order)
- Synonyms: regeringsstelsel, staatsbestel
- Het nieuwe regime bracht veel beloofde veranderingen. ― The new regime brought many promised changes.
- Het land heeft in de afgelopen decennia verschillende regimes gehad. ― The country has had various regimes over the past decades.
- regime (undemocratic political order or government)
- De bevolking protesteerde tegen het onderdrukkende regime. ― The population protested against the oppressive regime.
- Veel mensen vluchtten vanwege het autoritaire regime. ― Many people fled because of the authoritarian regime.
- regimen, diet
- Zijn dokter stelde een strikt regime voor om gewicht te verliezen. ― His doctor prescribed a strict regimen to lose weight.
- Een gebalanceerd regime kan bijdragen aan een betere gezondheid. ― A balanced diet can contribute to better health.
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Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: rezim
Italian edit
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regime m (plural regimi)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
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regime n (definite singular regimet, indefinite plural regimer, definite plural regima or regimene)
- regime (form of government)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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regime n (definite singular regimet, indefinite plural regime, definite plural regima)
- regime (form of government)
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- “regime” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin regimen. Doublet of regímen.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: re‧gi‧me
Noun edit
regime m (plural regimes)
- regime (mode of rule or management)
- regime (form of government)
- regime (period of rule)
- regimen (all senses)
- diet (controlled regimen of food and drink)
- Synonym: dieta
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- → Hunsrik: Rëschimm
Further reading edit
- “regime” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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Verb edit
regime
- second-person singular voseo imperative of regir combined with me