theocratic
adjective
theo·crat·ic
ˌthē-ə-ˈkra-tik 
variants
or less commonly theocratical
: of, relating to, or being a theocracy
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After nearly five decades of theocratic mismanagement, that debt has been settled.
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Karim Sadjadpour, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
In the immediate years after Iran’s revolution, its theocratic government sought to export its Shiite revolutionary ideology more widely in the Middle East.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
In 2023, Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was honored for her advocacy on behalf of women’s rights and her resistance to theocratic rule.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
This truth, in fact, can be extended to a significant number of other nations where science to varying degrees has been a victim of politicization, isolation, and retreat—Japan during the period of ultra-militarism, Spain under Franco, Iran in the hands of its theocratic regime.
—Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Karim Sadjadpour, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
In the immediate years after Iran’s revolution, its theocratic government sought to export its Shiite revolutionary ideology more widely in the Middle East.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
In 2023, Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi was honored for her advocacy on behalf of women’s rights and her resistance to theocratic rule.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
This truth, in fact, can be extended to a significant number of other nations where science to varying degrees has been a victim of politicization, isolation, and retreat—Japan during the period of ultra-militarism, Spain under Franco, Iran in the hands of its theocratic regime.
—Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Theocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theocratic. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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