THEOCRACY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theocracy mean? 

• THEOCRACY (noun)
  The noun THEOCRACY has 2 senses:

1. a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)

2. the belief in government by divine guidance

  Familiarity information: THEOCRACY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEOCRACY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("theocracy" is a kind of...):

form of government; political system (the members of a social organization who are in power)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theocracy"):

church-state (a state ruled by religious authority)

hierocracy (a ruling body composed of clergy)

Derivation:

theocratic (of or relating to or being a theocracy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The belief in government by divine guidance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("theocracy" is a kind of...):

ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)