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Definition of Regime
1. Noun. The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit. "The matter was referred to higher authorities"
Category relationships: Administration, Governance, Governing, Government, Government Activity
Generic synonyms: Polity
Specialized synonyms: Authoritarian Regime, Authoritarian State, Bureaucracy, Ancien Regime, Court, Royal Court, Downing Street, Empire, Federal Government, Government-in-exile, Local Government, Military Government, Stratocracy, Palace, Papacy, Pontificate, Pupet Regime, Puppet Government, Puppet State, State, State Government, Totalitarian State, Totalitation Regime
Member holonyms: Government Department, General Assembly, Law-makers, Legislative Assembly, Legislative Body, Legislature, Executive, Bench, Judiciary, Division, Government Officials, Officialdom
Terms within: Administration, Brass, Establishment, Governance, Governing Body, Organisation, Organization, Judicatory, Judicature, Judicial System, Judiciary
Derivative terms: Govern
2. Noun. (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet).
Generic synonyms: Plan, Program, Programme
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Definition of Regime
1. Noun. Mode of rule or management ¹
2. Noun. A form of government, or the government in power (as in a socialist regime) ¹
3. Noun. A period of rule ¹
4. Noun. A regulated system; a regimen ¹
5. Noun. (hydrology) A set of characteristics ¹
6. Noun. (alternative spelling of regime) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Regime
1. a system of government [n -S]
Medical Definition of 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 regime which is to come." (H. Kingsley)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Regime
Literary usage of Regime
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1890)
"Capital defect of the statute under the new regime.—II. Local societies. ...
regime of the year vm.— Remains of local independence under the ancient regime. ..."
2. The Principles of German Civil Law by Ernest Joseph Schuster (1907)
"Contractual regime. aa. General rules. 416. The relations between the contractual
and the statutory regime have been explained above—413 sub (4). ..."
3. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"The Military Necessary as this military regime was, it regime provi- was not the
less merely provisional. While sional. industrial activity has the fine ..."
4. The Ancient Régime by Hippolyte Taine (1881)
"CHAPTER I. THE PRINCIPLE OF SOCIAL HABITS UNDER THE ANCIENT regime. ... Like the
whole ancient regime the court is the empty form, the surviving adornment ..."
5. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1909)
"... the clergy, the parliament, the bourgeoisie, as an object of wor- j> i To be
consulted : A. de Tocqueville, L'ancien regime et la Revolution. ..."
6. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau (1853)
"... and safe decomposition of the theological and military regime, taking place
at the same time with the rise and expansion of the new elements of order. ..."
7. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau (1893)
"inherent in every religious regime, and which was in this case daily gratified
by the voluntary immolation of the most precious of imaginable victims. ..."
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