different between polity vs regime

English

Etymology

From Middle French politie, from Latin politia (circa. 1530s C.E.), from Ancient Greek ???????? (politeía, “polity, policy, the state”). Doublet of policy and police.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?.l?.t?/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?p?.l?.ti/

Noun

polity (plural polities)

1. (politics) An organizational structure of the government of a state, church, etc.
2. (political science) A politically organized unit; a state.

   Different nations have different forms of polities, from provinces and states to territories and municipalities.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• polity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• polity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• régime

Etymology

Borrowed from French régime, from Latin regimen (“direction, government”). Doublet of regimen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????i?m/, /?e???i?m/, /??e??i?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m

Noun

regime (plural regimes)

1. Mode of rule or management.

   a prison regime

2. A form of government, or the government in power.

   a capitalist regime

3. A period of rule.
4. A regulated system; a regimen.

   a fitness regime

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     Gorsuch’s theory would hobble this nondiscrimination regime by preventing the government from directing employers to tell employees about their rights and responsibilities under law.

5. A division of a Mafia crime family, led by a caporegime.
6. (hydrology) A set of characteristics.

Usage notes

• When regime is used in the sense of a form or instance of government or state, it is usually meant as a pejorative, and may be intended to brand that government or state as illegitimate or authoritarian. Some usage commentators prescribe that when regime is used in the sense of "a regulated system; a regimen," such as for health or fitness regimens, the word regimen should be used instead. But Garner's Modern English Usage, fourth edition, says that the word regime predominates in that sense in British English and that the word regimen predominates in that sense in American English; this difference suggests that that prescription has been taken up more in America than in Britain.

Derived terms

• exercise regime
• political regime
• regime change

Related terms

• regimen

Translations

Further reading

• regime in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• regime in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• emigre, emigré, émigré

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e??i?m?/

Noun

regime n (singular definite regimet, plural indefinite regimer)

1. regime

Declension

Further reading

• “regime” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “regime” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French régime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r???im/, /re???im/
• Hyphenation: re?gi?me
• Rhymes: -im

Noun

regime n (plural regimes, diminutive regimetje n)

1. regime (political order)

   Synonyms: regeringsstelsel, staatsbestel

2. regime (undemocratic political order or government)
3. regimen, diet

Related terms

• regeren
• regering
• regiment

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: rezim

Italian

Etymology

From Latin regimen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?d??i.me/

Noun

regime m (plural regimi)

1. regime, régime
2. regimen

Synonyms

• dieta

Related terms

• regimare

Anagrams

• emergi
• emigre

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French régime

Noun

regime n (definite singular regimet, indefinite plural regimer, definite plural regima or regimene)

1. regime (form of government)

Derived terms

• kommunistregime
• terrorregime

References

• “regime” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “regime” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French régime

Noun

regime n (definite singular regimet, indefinite plural regime, definite plural regima)

1. regime (form of government)

Derived terms

• kommunistregime
• terrorregime

References

• “regime” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regimen. Doublet of regímen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????im?/
• Hyphenation: re?gi?me

Noun

regime m (plural regimes)

1. regime (mode of rule or management)
2. regime (form of government)
3. regime (period of rule)
4. diet (controlled regimen of food and drink)

   Synonym: dieta

Related terms

• regimento

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Rëschimm

Further reading

• “regime” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913