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Theocracy vs Mullahcracy - What's the difference?

theocracy | mullahcracy | Hypernyms |

Mullahcracy is a hypernym of theocracy.



As nouns the difference between theocracy and mullahcracy

is that theocracy is government under the control of a state-sponsored religion.

mullahcracy is rule by Islamic religious leaders, or mullahs.

theocracy

English

(wikipedia theocracy)

Noun

(theocracies)
  • Government under the control of a state-sponsored religion.

  • Rule by a god.
  • * (seeCites)

    • Hyponyms

    * sharia law

    mullahcracy

    English

    Noun

  • Rule by Islamic religious leaders, or mullahs.
  • * {{quote-news, 1953, , , , New Statesman, vol. 45 citation
    • , passage=
  • * {{quote-news, 1987, August 30, , Khomeini's Guile, Boston Globe citation
    • , passage=
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, October 21, , ‘Govt-mullah axis leading to anarchy’, Daily Times citation
    • , passage=He said that, unfortunately, the mullahcracy is politicising religion to serve their selfish ends. }}

    Hypernyms

    * theocracy

    Derived terms

    * mullahcratic