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
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Iran’s theocracy has responded by dialing back hijab enforcement and easing restrictions on at least one political figure.
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Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Iran's theocracy has responded by broadly dialing back hijab enforcement and easing restrictions on at least one political figure.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
Margaret Atwood’s dystopian allegorical novel didn’t over-explain the U.S.’ descent into fascist theocracy and thus left itself open to interpretation — so open that even American conservatives were able to claim it as a warning about Muslim fundamentalism.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
The Doom Slayer was a slave to capitalism in Doom (2016), the soft reboot that revived the franchise, and his now-origins as a slave to a religious theocracy sounds like something that could be cool as hell to explore.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Iran's theocracy has responded by broadly dialing back hijab enforcement and easing restrictions on at least one political figure.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
Margaret Atwood’s dystopian allegorical novel didn’t over-explain the U.S.’ descent into fascist theocracy and thus left itself open to interpretation — so open that even American conservatives were able to claim it as a warning about Muslim fundamentalism.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
The Doom Slayer was a slave to capitalism in Doom (2016), the soft reboot that revived the franchise, and his now-origins as a slave to a religious theocracy sounds like something that could be cool as hell to explore.
—Kazuma Hashimoto, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
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theocracy
noun
the·oc·ra·cy
thē-ˈäk-rə-sē
plural theocracies
1
: government of a country by officials believed to have divine guidance
2
: a country governed by a theocracy
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