ancien regime

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English - Turkish
(Politika Siyaset) (çoğul hali: anciens régimes) daha moderni tarafından yıkılmış bir siyasi veya sosyal sistem
English - English
a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)
disapproval If a country has had the same political system for a long time and you disapprove of it, you can refer to it as the ancien regime
(French) social and political system in France prior to the revolution in 1879; old manner of doing things, old system
The ancien regime was the political and social system in France before the revolution of 1789

Related Terms

Ancien Régime
The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789
ancien régime
A system of government long since supplanted by another; particularly a state of feudalism with an absolute monarchy supported by the doctrine of divine right or 天命 with the explicit consent of an established church
ancien regime

    Hyphenation

    ancien re·gime

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () French Ancient Régime, Old Rule, Old Order; the word first appeared in English in print in 1794.
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