单词	theocracy
释义	theocracy noun the·​oc·​ra·​cy thē-ˈä-krə-sē  plural theocracies 1 : government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided 2 : a state governed by a theocracy Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web However, fellow hard-liners within Iran's theocracy long have criticized the nuclear deal as giving too much away to the West. Fox News, 1 Dec. 2021 The novel is set in what was once the United States — but is now a totalitarian theocracy. Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2022 Bahais called the arrests part of a long pattern of persecution by Iran's Shiite theocracy. Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 Until the late twentieth century, Ireland was effectively a social theocracy. Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 Shiite theocracy from inside and have better relations with the West, have sought to distance the country’s government from the edict. Nasser Karimi And Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022 In the not-too-distant future, religious fanatics have destroyed American democracy and established a theocracy called Gilead, where people of color are presumably exiled. Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2022 Many Iranians, after 43 years of inhuman theocracy, miss their king. Cyrill Matter, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2022 The court’s aim, much like the conservative legal movement’s, is not theocracy but privatization. Charles Mccrary, The New Republic, 5 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology Greek theokratia, from the- + -kratia -cracy First Known Use 1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1 theocracy noun 1 as in monarchy a system of government in which a religious body holds unlimited power Under a theocracy, an entire nation officially follows one religion. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance monarchy monarchism dictatorship tyranny monocracy autocracy totalitarianism despotism authoritarianism absolutism totalism autarchy tsarism Caesarism czarism tzarism Antonyms & Near Antonyms democracy freedom self-rule sovereignty self-governance autonomy self-government sovranty self-determination See More 2 as in democracy a group of people who live in a territory ruled by a religious body The country was a theocracy governed by religious leaders. Synonyms & Similar Words democracy monarchy republic kingdom dictatorship sultanate oligarchy province principality sovereign monocracy state nation empire dominion domain colony realm country nation-state ministate city-state sovran dependency mandate microstate homeland duchy settlement emirate trust territory dukedom commonwealth soil superpower fatherland seigniory sea power condominium world power great power seignory motherland welfare state client state land power sovereignty sovranty
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