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Are regimes just for evil governments?
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Nothing, really. "Regime" is just used for autocratic governments, I guess.
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While the word régime originates as a synonym for any form of government, modern usage often gives the term a negative connotation, implying an authoritarian government or dictatorship. Webster's definition states that the word régime refers simply to a form of government, while Oxford English Dictionary defines regime as "a government, especially an authoritarian one".
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You can only be a regime if your government isn't in America.
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Regime shares the same etymology as (edit: removed reign, that was wrong) regicide, ie the French regimen (ie "government or direction), which itself stems from the Latin rex, regis, meaning "king"
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