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theocratic

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to theocracy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Conforming to God-rule, by Christian behavior.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Jehovah's-Witnesses

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or being a theocracy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a theocratic state

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From theocrat + -ic or theo- + -cratic.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: teokratik — pertaining to theocracy
  • Armenian: թեոկրատական (tʻeokratakan) — pertaining to theocracy
  • Azerbaijani: teokratik — pertaining to theocracy
  • Belarusian: тэакраты́чны (teakratýčny) — pertaining to theocracy
  • Bulgarian: теократи́чески (teokratíčeski) — pertaining to theocracy
  • Catalan: teocràtic — pertaining to theocracy
  • Czech: teokratický — pertaining to theocracy
  • Danish: teokratisk — pertaining to theocracy
  • Dutch: theocratisch — pertaining to theocracy
  • Esperanto: teokratia — pertaining to theocracy
  • Estonian: teokraatlik — pertaining to theocracy
  • Finnish: teokraattinen — pertaining to theocracy
  • French: théocratique — pertaining to theocracy
  • Galician: teocrático — pertaining to theocracy
  • Georgian: თეოკრატიული (teoḳraṭiuli) — pertaining to theocracy
  • German: theokratisch — pertaining to theocracy
  • Greek: θεοκρατικός (theokratikós) — pertaining to theocracy
  • Hungarian: teokratikus — pertaining to theocracy
  • Ido: teokratiala — pertaining to theocracy
  • Indonesian: teokratis — pertaining to theocracy
  • Italian: teocratico — pertaining to theocracy
  • Latvian: teokrātisks — pertaining to theocracy
  • Lithuanian: teokratiškas — pertaining to theocracy
  • Macedonian: теократски (teokratski) — pertaining to theocracy
  • Malay: تيوکراتيک — pertaining to theocracy
  • Malay: teokratik — pertaining to theocracy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teokratisk — pertaining to theocracy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teokratisk — pertaining to theocracy
  • Polish: teokratyczny — pertaining to theocracy
  • Portuguese: teocrático — pertaining to theocracy
  • Romanian: teocratic — pertaining to theocracy
  • Russian: теократи́ческий (teokratíčeskij) — pertaining to theocracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: тео̀кратскӣ — pertaining to theocracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: teòkratskī — pertaining to theocracy
  • Slovak: teokratický — pertaining to theocracy
  • Spanish: teocrático — pertaining to theocracy
  • Swedish: teokratisk — pertaining to theocracy
  • Turkish: teokratik — pertaining to theocracy
  • Ukrainian: теократи́чний (teokratýčnyj) — pertaining to theocracy
  • French: théocratique — conforming to God-rule