atheocracy

atheocracy

English

Etymology

a- +‎ theo- +‎ -cracy

Noun

atheocracy

1. An atheist or irreligious state.
   • 1907, Thomas Whittaker, The Liberal State: A Speculation, Watts & Co. (1907), page 14:

     An atheocracy is not a practicable form of government.

   • 1950, William Pepperell Montague, Great Visions of Philosophy: Varieties of Speculative Thought in the West from the Greeks to Bergson, The Open Court Publishing Company (1950), page 32:

     An atheocracy of the Marxian type is as intolerant of liberty of thought as any Holy Roman Empire or Bible-ridden company of Puritans.

   • 2012, Robert Joustra, "Beware the secular atheocracy", The Globe and Mail, 22 February 2012:

     More than a few thinkers have noted the irony of secularism as itself constituting a de facto “religious” system of thought, which defines how and why we can believe things, and where we can talk about them. As some might put it: a secular atheocracy.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:atheocracy.

Anagrams

• achroacyte