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- noun Plural form of
theocrat .
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Examples
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Gore, like other environmental theocrats, is hardwired to transmit, not to receive, and can't defend his GW pronunciamento against any competent high school debater - let alone Bjorn Lomborg.
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"Gore, like other environmental theocrats, is hardwired to transmit, not to receive"
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Espousing Christianity through the party or being "almost theocrats" is not the same as "imposing religion"
Sound Politics: Fallout of the McGavick DUI Story is More Evidence Civility Theme Works 2006
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The commenter said "theists" when they probably meant "theocrats" -- or those who believe in theocracies.
You Must Be Crazy: Strength of Conviction BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Despite my non-religious perspective I always take pains to distinguish between Christianists aka theocrats à la iranienne, people who want to mix religion and politics and impose their brand of dogma on the entire population against their will and Christians, who are people who follow Christianity.
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When any Iranian reform candidate who wants to run can be vetoed by unelected ayatollahs, and any Iranian newspaper can be shut by the same theocrats, that is not democracy.
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The president is Iran's political face to the world, but the theocrats are the real masters of the country's destiny.
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The president is Iran's political face to the world, but the theocrats are the real masters of the country's destiny.
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It's bad enough they chose Schumer to be the Christian-hater, but then they describe him thusly:Schumer, who was born into a Jewish family, chastised people of all faiths who opposed embryonic stem-cell research ESCR, calling them "theocrats" and saying it is un-American to try and push their views on the issue.
07/24/2006 2006
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The problem with shows about religion ie 7th Heaven, Highway to Heaven, Touched by an Angel, etc. is that they are frightfully humourless and therefore make us so-called "theocrats" seem humourless as well.
"It was before we lived in a theocracy." Ann Althouse 2005
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