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[reɪˈʒiːm], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a government, especially an authoritarian one
(e.g: ideological opponents of the regime)
- a system or ordered way of doing things
(e.g: detention centres with a very tough physical regime)
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Origin
:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘regimen’): French régime, from Latin regimen ‘rule’ (see regimen). Sense 1 dates from the late 18th century (with original reference to the Ancien Régime)
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