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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
R'egime \R['e]'gime"\ (r?'zh?m"), noun [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 r['e]gime 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 r['e]gime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections.
{The ancient r['e]gime}, or {Ancien r['e]gime} [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
regime
noun
1: the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" [syn: {government}, {authorities}]
2: (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet) [syn: {regimen}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "regime": acid-ash diet, administration, allergy diet, bland diet, calorie chart, calorie counter, civil government, curative measures, cure, diabetic diet, diet, diet book, dietary, dietetics, dieting, direction, discipline, dispensation, disposition, empery, empire, first aid, form of government, governance, government, high-protein diet, high-vitamin diet, hospitalization, leadership, low-carbohydrate diet, low-salt diet, macrobiotic diet, management, medical treatment, medicamentation, medication, order, oversight, pap, political organization, polity, regime, regimen, regnancy, regulation, reign, rule, salt-free diet, soft diet, sovereignty, spoon victuals, supervision, sway, system, system of government, treatment, ulcer diet, vegetarianism, vitamin-deficiency diet
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