theocracy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
Types & categories
- political system hypernym
- church-state hyponym
- hierocracy hyponym
Related & opposite
- theocratic derivation
Sense 2 noun
the belief in government by divine guidance
Types & categories
- ideology hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | theocratic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | political system |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | church-state |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hierocracy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ideology |