ideocraticadj.

1886 Asiatic Q. Rev. 2 45 The old ideocratic theory of the East, attributing divine attributes to the king, is dying out.

1895 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 34 331 In its [sc. the constitutional monarchy's] reverence for the law we can even see an ideocratic element.

1945 M. M. Laserson Russia & Western World iv. 137 Such idealistic formulations..spell the defeat of the ideocratic force of early Bolshevist terminology.

1989 E. Gellner Plough, Sword & Bk. 266 A number of dictatorial and ideocratic regimes exist which would be only too eager to avail themselves of an opportunity to manipulate the mentality and conviction of men.

2005 New Republic (Nexis) 12 Sept. 36 The Soviet mind-setters, and..their ideocratic attitude to the confrontations with Sakharov and others.