Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A government ruled by or subject to religious authority.
- n. A state so governed.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A form of government in which God is recognized as the supreme civil ruler of the state, and his laws are taken as the statute-book of the kingdom.
- n. A state so governed: usually applied, with the definite article, to the Jewish commonwealth from the time of its organization under Moses until the inauguration of the monarchy under Saul.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.
- n. The state thus governed, as the Hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
- n. the belief in government by divine guidance
Examples
“I disagree on a core level that a theocracy is the ideal government.”
The Huffington Post: Rev. Chuck Freeman: Why Help Build a Mosque I Have Core Differences With?
“The fact that a good portion of the Republican base wants to turn the United States into a theocracy is another (and even from a purely pragmatic view of history, which theocracies exactly do we want to emulate?)”
“As a Christian, the idea of an American theocracy is terrifying.”
“He's too much of a wimp to even speak out when the Iranian theocracy is murdering it's citizens in the street.”
Clinton: Obama has proven his toughness, international savvy
“A false-hope-turned-policy has lingered for years among US officials that the more the Iranian theocracy is placated the more it will be tamed.”
The Huffington Post: Ali Safavi: WikiLeaks Disclosures and the Historic Opportunity on Iran
“Before the uprising, the country was classified as a "theocracy," with rising influence of the presidential role -- in our case, charming Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.”
The Huffington Post: The European Magazine: Of Power and Principle
“The Iranian theocracy is a regime ‘against nature’; one that defies the basic aspirations of human beings for freedom and emancipation.”
Global Voices in English » Lebanon: Bloggers React to Iran Crisis
“The marriage of the Republican party to theocracy is no accident.”
“Laissez-faire theocracy is a more awkward match than this, even if the necessary compromises leave all Democrats somewhat unsatisfied.”
“I'm sure the organizers of the protest have done loads of "judicious study" before concluding that the theocracy is right around the corner.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘theocracy’.
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G[r]eek
A collection of words found in English that are either purely Greek or have Greek etymology.
Please add with caution and certainty. Will be regularly updated by me.etymology, philosophy, laconic, disharmony, patriarchic, archaic, phlogiston, aether, aeon, angel, arachnid, rhythm and 346 more...
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from phrontistery.info
tyromancy, tyroma, tyroid, tyriasis, tyrannicide, typtology, typothetae, typomania, typography, typographia, typhonic, typhomania and 930 more...
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GRE Barron's 800
abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abject, abjure, abscission, abscond, abstemious, abstinence, abysmal, accretion and 787 more...
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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Forms of government
tyranny, tribal, totalitarianism, timocracy, theocracy, thallassocracy, cyberocracy, technocracy, sociocracy, socialist state, republic, puppet state and 37 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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-cracy
denoting a form of government or rule
democracy, autocracy, meritocracy, plutocracy, theocracy, gynecocracy, hagiocracy, bureaucracy, isocracy, idiocracy, kakistocracy
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Forms of Government
A handful of -ocracies.
adhocracy, androcracy, aristocracy, autocracy, cleptocracy, corpocracy, democracy, ethnocracy, gerontocracy, gynecocracy, gyneocracy, gynocracy and 31 more...
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Criswell Predicts
Words describing a future that may or may not be entirely grounded in reality. Not to be used for predictive purposes. I do not have the gift of premonition. In fact, all these ideas come from popu...
flying car, space tourism, big brother, soylent green, brave new world, first contact, domestic android, skynet, new world order, collectivism, world peace, laser pistol and 93 more...
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Neww
specious, disdainfully, vehemently, in lieu of, dismissive, perpetual, preposterous, impasse, fathom, conversely, repugnant, clogged and 142 more...
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theo-, the-
relating to God or to deities
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
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Willieb's Words
pusillanimous, exigible, extraneous, contemptible, banal, generic, secular, canard, acerbic, erudite, versus, atheist and 192 more...
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deegee's Words
pay-per-view, vitriol, delectable, snarky, unflinching, forsake, pervasive, inconsequential, unnerving, allure, endearing, unalloyed and 414 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, T
torquate, thalassocracy, toothsome, travois, tempestuous, tone, tincture, tripwire, tether, trill, tenacious, travesty and 355 more...
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Sat Vocabulary List
abandon, abash, abate, abjure, ablution, abnegate, abominable, aboriginal, abortive, abrade, abridge, abrogate and 2155 more...
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