A theocracy engulfed the supernation and authorities forbade spaceflight for generations.
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Theocracy
//θiːˈɒkɹəsi//
Synonyms for "theocracy" (59 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (29)
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5 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 66 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- teokrasie noun (government under the control of a Church)
Albanian
1 entries- teokraci noun (government under the control of a Church)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θεοκρατία noun (government under the control of a Church)
Arabic
1 entries- ثِيُقْرَاطِيَّة noun (government under the control of a Church)
Armenian
2 entries- թեոկրատիա noun (government under the control of a Church)
- կրոնապետություն noun (government under the control of a Church)
Asturian
1 entries- teocracia noun (government under the control of a Church)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- teokratiya noun (government under the control of a Church)
Bashkir
1 entries- теократия noun (government under the control of a Church)
Basque
1 entries- teokrazia noun (government under the control of a Church)
Belarusian
1 entries- тэакра́тыя noun (government under the control of a Church)
Bulgarian
1 entries- теокра́ция noun (government under the control of a Church)
Catalan
2 entries- teocràcia noun (government under the control of a Church)
- teocràcia noun (rule by God or gods)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 政教合一 noun (government under the control of a Church)
- 神權政治 /神权政治 noun (government under the control of a Church)
Chuvash
1 entries- теократи noun (government under the control of a Church)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- teokratiya noun (government under the control of a Church)
Czech
1 entries- teokracie noun (government under the control of a Church)
Danish
1 entries- teokrati noun (government under the control of a Church)
Dutch
1 entries- theocratie noun (government under the control of a Church)
Esperanto
1 entries- teokratio noun (government under the control of a Church)
Estonian
1 entries- teokraatia noun (government under the control of a Church)
Finnish
2 entries- teokratia noun (government under the control of a Church)
- teokratia noun (rule by God or gods)
French
2 entries- théocratie noun (government under the control of a Church)
- théocratie noun (rule by God or gods)
Galician
1 entries- teocracia noun (government under the control of a Church)
Georgian
1 entries- თეოკრატია noun (government under the control of a Church)
German
3 entries- Gottesstaat noun (government under the control of a Church)
- Kirchenstaat noun (government under the control of a Church)
- Theokratie noun (government under the control of a Church)
Greek
1 entries- θεοκρατία noun (government under the control of a Church)
Hebrew
1 entries- תאוקרטיה noun (government under the control of a Church)
Hindi
1 entries- धर्मतंत्र noun (government under the control of a Church)
Hungarian
2 entries- papi uralom noun (government under the control of a Church)
- teokrácia noun (government under the control of a Church)
Icelandic
2 entries- guðveldi noun (rule by God or gods)
- klerkaveldi noun (government under the control of a Church)
Ido
1 entries- teokratio noun (government under the control of a Church)
Indonesian
1 entries- teokrasi noun (government under the control of a Church)
Italian
1 entries- teocrazia noun (government under the control of a Church)
Japanese
1 entries- 神権政治 noun (government under the control of a Church)
Kazakh
1 entries- теократия noun (government under the control of a Church)
Korean
2 entries- 신권 정치 noun (government under the control of a Church)
- 제정 일치 noun (government under the control of a Church)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- теократия noun (government under the control of a Church)
Lao
1 entries- ເທວາທິປະໄຕ noun (government under the control of a Church)
Latvian
1 entries- teokrātija noun (government under the control of a Church)
Lithuanian
1 entries- teokratija noun (government under the control of a Church)
Macedonian
1 entries- теократија noun (government under the control of a Church)
Malay
1 entries- teokrasi noun (government under the control of a Church)
Maltese
1 entries- teokrazija noun (government under the control of a Church)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- teokrati noun (government under the control of a Church)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- teokrati noun (government under the control of a Church)
Occitan
1 entries- teocracia noun (government under the control of a Church)
Persian
1 entries- تئوکراسی noun (government under the control of a Church)
Polish
1 entries- teokracja noun (government under the control of a Church)
Portuguese
1 entries- teocracia noun (government under the control of a Church)
Romanian
1 entries- teocrație noun (government under the control of a Church)
Russian
2 entries- теокра́тия noun (government under the control of a Church)
- церко́вное госуда́рство noun (government under the control of a Church)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- teokracija noun (government under the control of a Church)
- teokratija noun (government under the control of a Church)
- теократија noun (government under the control of a Church)
- теокрација noun (government under the control of a Church)
Sicilian
1 entries- teocrazzìa noun (government under the control of a Church)
Sikkimese
1 entries- ཆོ་གཞི noun (government under the control of a Church)
Slovak
1 entries- teokracia noun (government under the control of a Church)
Slovene
1 entries- teokracija noun (government under the control of a Church)
Spanish
2 entries- teocracia noun (government under the control of a Church)
- teocracia noun (rule by God or gods)
Swedish
1 entries- teokrati noun (government under the control of a Church)
Tagalog
1 entries- teokrasya noun (government under the control of a Church)
Tajik
1 entries- теократия noun (government under the control of a Church)
Thai
2 entries- เทวาธิปไตย noun (government under the control of a Church)
- เทวาธิปไตย noun (rule by God or gods)
Turkish
1 entries- teokrasi noun (government under the control of a Church)
Ukrainian
1 entries- теокра́тія noun (government under the control of a Church)
Uzbek
1 entries- teokratiya noun (government under the control of a Church)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thần quyền noun (government under the control of a Church)
Yiddish
1 entries- טעאָקראַציע noun (government under the control of a Church)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The U.S. is not a theocracy, although some shallow thinkers would like it to be so. They forget that if some religion becomes the established authority, the government might become controlled by someone else's religion, not theirs.
Source: tatoeba (5314858)
Should Israel become a theocracy like Iran?
Source: tatoeba (6966441)
Islamists want to make Algeria a radical Islamic theocracy.
Source: tatoeba (7859681)
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