神権政治

See also: 神權政治

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	権	政	治
しん Grade: 3	けん Grade: 6	せい Grade: 5	じ Grade: 4
kan'on			goon

Alternative spelling
神權政治 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 神(しん)権(けん) (shinken, “authority of god; divine right”) + 政(せい)治(じ) (seiji, “politics”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんけんせーじ [shìńkéń séꜜèjì] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋke̞ɰ̃ se̞ːʑi]

Noun

神(しん)権(けん)政(せい)治(じ) • (shinken seiji) ^{←しんけんせいぢ (sinken seidi)^?}

theocracy
Synonyms: 神政 (shinsei) (short), 神聖政治 (shinsei seiji), シオクラシー (shiokurashī), テオクラシー (teokurashī)

Related terms

王(おう)権(けん)神(しん)授(じゅ)説(せつ) (ōken shinjusetsu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN