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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The mix of joy and anxiety among the Iranian diaspora in recent days reflects the complicated emotions many feel as violence escalates in the Middle East — especially those whose families fled the theocratic regime that took power after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
The show picks up 15 years after the events of its predecessor and shifts focus to a younger generation of women raised entirely inside Gilead’s theocratic regime.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
During the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the country's former monarch, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was overthrown and replaced by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who established an Islamic Republic that transformed the country into a theocratic state governed by strict religious rule.
—Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026
But the strategic objective of preventing a violent theocratic regime from expanding its destructive reach is neither reckless nor novel.
—Ken Toltz, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
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Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 7 Mar. 2026
The show picks up 15 years after the events of its predecessor and shifts focus to a younger generation of women raised entirely inside Gilead’s theocratic regime.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
During the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the country's former monarch, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was overthrown and replaced by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who established an Islamic Republic that transformed the country into a theocratic state governed by strict religious rule.
—Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026
But the strategic objective of preventing a violent theocratic regime from expanding its destructive reach is neither reckless nor novel.
—Ken Toltz, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Theocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theocratic. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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