regime

English

/ɹəˈʒiːm/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from French régime derived from Latin regimen (direction, government, rule, guidance).

Origin

Latin

regimen

Gloss

direction, government, rule, guidance

Concept
Semantic Field

Spatial relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

方

Emoji
🧭

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