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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=late 15th century|origins=la regere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /reɪˈʒiːm/, US /rəˈʒiːm/, /reɪˈʒiːm/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|régime]],^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|regimen|t=rule, guidance, government; rudder]] (see [[regimen]]),^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|regere|t=to direct, guide, rule]],^(Hoad 1986)^(Etymonline) from PIE [[ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-|t=to move in a straight line, direct]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A course of diet or exercise for health, a regimen: the late 15th century in Etymonline, NODE and the SOED;^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)^(SOED 2002) the OED's first example is from 1776.^(OED 1989) That sense now belongs mostly to [[regimen]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A system of rule or government, a mode of management, is from 1792,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) NODE notes with reference first to the [[ancien régime]], the French system of government before the revolution of 1789.^(NODE 1998)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The condition of a watercourse with regard to changes in its bed is from 1779, and the balance of water entering and leaving a body of water from 1874.^(OED 1989) The set of conditions under which a system occurs, as in physics and engineering, is from 1890.^(OED 1989) The sense of a government regarded as oppressive or illegitimate is now frequent.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 15th century – a regimen of health.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

+ * 1779 – the regime of a river.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1792 – a system of government; the old regime.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1890 – a set of conditions.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A form or system of [[government]], or a government in power, especially an authoritarian one.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A prevailing social system or order.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The period during which a particular government or system is in power.^(AHD)

+ # A regulated system of diet and exercise; a [[regimen]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The characteristic behaviour or conditions of a natural system, such as a river.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[regimen]]

+ * [[regiment]]

+ * [[regent]]

+ * [[regency]]

+ * [[region]]

+ * [[rule]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}