Rule by religious leaders, as found in Iran. Notable for repression of thought, extreme censorship, prohibition of scientific research, and a general lack of good times.
Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson work night and day to transform America into an evangelical Christian theocracy.
Right now American is being ruled by a bunch of crooks because of a man who thinks God speaks thru him ,and wanted him to run for president. God Help America!
A purposely oxymoronic term for a doctrine or belief that includes no deity, yet seeks to censure non-believers in authoritarian ways similar to fundamentalist religious codes: inhibition, prohibition, penalties, physical punishment, signal-jamming, civil disruption, rough or violent confrontation.
When those demonstrators against genetically modified kitty chow were rioting blocking traffic and torching boxes of cat food, it was another victory for secular theocracy.
An informal system of government whereby mob rule reigns, with the most charismatic members of the mob rising to rulers. Tribal and gang-like in their nature, incentives to conform include ostracizing, bullying and peer pressure among others.
Melissa was the high-priestess of her clique, managing it like comedic improv, imposing it's cardinal rule: never divert the flow of your partners; always go with the flow. In this way her clique's social theocracy embraced the cult of charismatic conformity.