'Theocratic' is the adjective belonging to 'theocracy': it describes a state, a government, a law or a system in which religious leaders rule and religious law is the state's law.

'Theocratic'theocratic is the adjective belonging to 'theocracy'是'theocracy'（神權政治）的形容詞 it describes a state, a government, a law or a system用來形容一個國家、政府、法律或制度 in which religious leaders rule在那個制度裡由宗教領袖統治 and religious law is the state's law宗教法就是國家的法律

You attach it to nouns — a theocratic state, theocratic rule, a theocratic regime, theocratic ambitions, theocratic law. Because it is an adjective, it can also describe a direction or a flavour rather than a finished fact — 'theocratic tendencies', 'a theocratic turn' — which is how journalists use it about governments that are moving that way without having arrived. That flexibility is exactly why the adjective appears more often in the news than the noun does.

You attach it to nouns你可以把它接在名詞前面 a theocratic state, theocratic rule, a theocratic regime, theocratic ambitions, theocratic law像a theocratic state（神權國家）、theocratic rule（神權統治）、a theocratic regime（神權政權）、theocratic ambitions（神權野心）、theocratic law（神權法律） Because it is an adjective因為它是形容詞 it can also describe a direction or a flavour rather than a finished fact也可以用來形容一種傾向或氣味，而不是已經成形的事實 'theocratic tendencies', 'a theocratic turn'像'theocratic tendencies'（神權傾向）、'a theocratic turn'（轉向神權） which is how journalists use it about governments that are moving that way without having arrived記者常這樣用來形容正在往那個方向走、但還沒真正走到的政府 That flexibility is exactly why the adjective appears more often in the news than the noun does正因為這種彈性，這個形容詞在新聞裡出現得比名詞頻繁

The tone follows the noun: sometimes a neutral historian's label ('the theocratic government of Geneva under Calvin'), but in modern political writing usually a warning. Its natural opposite is 'secular'.

The tone follows the noun語氣會跟著名詞走 sometimes a neutral historian's label有時候是歷史學家中性的稱呼 ('the theocratic government of Geneva under Calvin')（像'the theocratic government of Geneva under Calvin'） but in modern political writing usually a warning但在現代政治寫作裡通常帶著警告的意味 Its natural opposite is 'secular'它天然的反義詞是'secular'（世俗的）

Notice the pair theocratic / theocrat: the second is the person, and it is nearly always disapproving.

Notice the pair theocratic / theocrat注意theocratic和theocrat這一對字 the second is the person後面那個是指人 and it is nearly always disapproving而且幾乎總是帶著負面評價

Stress it on the third syllable — thee-oh-CRAT-ic — the same rhythm as democratic and bureaucratic.

Stress it on the third syllable重音放在第三音節 thee-oh-CRAT-ic唸作thee-oh-CRAT-ic the same rhythm as democratic and bureaucratic跟democratic、bureaucratic的重音節奏一樣