regime Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
    authorities; government.
    • the government reduced taxes
    • the matter was referred to higher authorities
  2. noun (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)
    regimen.

WordNet

Ré`gime" noun (Also<
  • Regime
  • Régime
)
Etymology
F. See Regimen.
Definitions
  1. Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system.
    I dream . . . of the new régime 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 régime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections.

Webster 1913