theocratic

adjective

theo·​crat·​ic ˌthē-ə-ˈkra-tik How to pronounce theocratic (audio)
variants or less commonly theocratical
: of, relating to, or being a theocracy
theocratically adverb

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Costa’s film doesn’t focus on, say, Iran or Afghanistan – where theocratic control of government has become a norm — but in a place where separation of church and state is enshrined in the constitution: her native Brazil. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 June 2025 Months later, his family was forced into exile following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and the monarchy was replaced by an Islamic theocratic regime that has ruled Iran ever since. Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025 In 1979, a revolution for freedom was hijacked by a theocratic elite. Sanam Vakil, Time, 26 June 2025 Forbidding the mullahs’ medieval theocratic regime, the world’s No. 1 sponsor of terror, atomic arms, is not just something that Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and President Donald Trump want. New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for theocratic

Word History

First Known Use

1690, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of theocratic was in 1690

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“Theocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theocratic. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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