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 clerical regime in Iran executed Afkari for his 2018 role in a demonstration against the economic and political corruption of the theocratic state.
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Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The nation, which has been under the rule of a theocratic authoritarian government since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, faced a round of widespread protests beginning in December over worsening economic conditions, including rising inflation and the collapse of the Iranian rial.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Islamists battled for their own theocratic nation, and bands of Christian cultists—whom locals, naming them according to their most notorious act, called chop-chop—severed the heads of those deemed unholy in villages and towns across Mindanao.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
In 1979 the country witnessed an Islamic revolution that overthrew the Shah of Iran and replaced the monarchy with a theocratic government.
—Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
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Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The nation, which has been under the rule of a theocratic authoritarian government since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, faced a round of widespread protests beginning in December over worsening economic conditions, including rising inflation and the collapse of the Iranian rial.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Islamists battled for their own theocratic nation, and bands of Christian cultists—whom locals, naming them according to their most notorious act, called chop-chop—severed the heads of those deemed unholy in villages and towns across Mindanao.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
In 1979 the country witnessed an Islamic revolution that overthrew the Shah of Iran and replaced the monarchy with a theocratic government.
—Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Theocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theocratic. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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