geistWritten
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I want to share what I understand from my point of view, based on what other people have long corroborated about human nature & behavior. To me, this is what accountability is shaped like.
COPING
Conscious/unconscious strategies individuals use to reduce or manage unpleasant emotions, to deal with struggles and difficulties in life; it is a way to maintain mental and emotional well-being.
Strategies can be healthy/adaptive, or unhealthy/maladaptive.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coping
Conscious/unconscious strategies individuals use to reduce or manage unpleasant emotions, to deal with struggles and difficulties in life; it is a way to maintain mental and emotional well-being.
Strategies can be healthy/adaptive, or unhealthy/maladaptive.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coping
Coping - Wikipedia
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November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
COPING
Conscious/unconscious strategies individuals use to reduce or manage unpleasant emotions, to deal with struggles and difficulties in life; it is a way to maintain mental and emotional well-being.
Strategies can be healthy/adaptive, or unhealthy/maladaptive.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coping
Conscious/unconscious strategies individuals use to reduce or manage unpleasant emotions, to deal with struggles and difficulties in life; it is a way to maintain mental and emotional well-being.
Strategies can be healthy/adaptive, or unhealthy/maladaptive.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coping
BODY-FOCUSED REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR (BFRB)
Impulse-control behaviors involving compulsively damaging one's physical appearance or causing physical injury.
Associated with OCD, ADHD, and anxiety.
Can be focused on skin, mouth, nails, nose, hair, and/or eyes.
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Impulse-control behaviors involving compulsively damaging one's physical appearance or causing physical injury.
Associated with OCD, ADHD, and anxiety.
Can be focused on skin, mouth, nails, nose, hair, and/or eyes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body-fo...
Body-focused repetitive behavior - Wikipedia
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November 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
BODY-FOCUSED REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR (BFRB)
Impulse-control behaviors involving compulsively damaging one's physical appearance or causing physical injury.
Associated with OCD, ADHD, and anxiety.
Can be focused on skin, mouth, nails, nose, hair, and/or eyes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body-fo...
Impulse-control behaviors involving compulsively damaging one's physical appearance or causing physical injury.
Associated with OCD, ADHD, and anxiety.
Can be focused on skin, mouth, nails, nose, hair, and/or eyes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body-fo...
SAFETY BEHAVIORS (ANXIETY)
Commonly experienced in anxiety disorders.
Coping behaviors used to reduce anxiety and fear when the user feels threatened.
Might become maladaptive over the long term by prolonging anxiety and fear of nonthreatening situations.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_...
Commonly experienced in anxiety disorders.
Coping behaviors used to reduce anxiety and fear when the user feels threatened.
Might become maladaptive over the long term by prolonging anxiety and fear of nonthreatening situations.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_...
Safety behaviors (anxiety) - Wikipedia
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November 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
SAFETY BEHAVIORS (ANXIETY)
Commonly experienced in anxiety disorders.
Coping behaviors used to reduce anxiety and fear when the user feels threatened.
Might become maladaptive over the long term by prolonging anxiety and fear of nonthreatening situations.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_...
Commonly experienced in anxiety disorders.
Coping behaviors used to reduce anxiety and fear when the user feels threatened.
Might become maladaptive over the long term by prolonging anxiety and fear of nonthreatening situations.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_...
PROJECTION
The mental process in which an individual attributes their own internal thoughts, beliefs, emotions, experiences, and personality traits to another person or group.
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The mental process in which an individual attributes their own internal thoughts, beliefs, emotions, experiences, and personality traits to another person or group.
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Psychological projection - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
PROJECTION
The mental process in which an individual attributes their own internal thoughts, beliefs, emotions, experiences, and personality traits to another person or group.
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The mental process in which an individual attributes their own internal thoughts, beliefs, emotions, experiences, and personality traits to another person or group.
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CAPTIVITY
Being held captive is a state wherein humans or other animals are confined to a particular space and prevented from leaving or moving freely.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captivity
Being held captive is a state wherein humans or other animals are confined to a particular space and prevented from leaving or moving freely.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captivity
Captivity - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
CAPTIVITY
Being held captive is a state wherein humans or other animals are confined to a particular space and prevented from leaving or moving freely.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captivity
Being held captive is a state wherein humans or other animals are confined to a particular space and prevented from leaving or moving freely.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captivity
LOCUS OF CONTROL
A person's "locus" is conceptualized as:
- INTERNAL (a belief that one can control one's own life)
or
- EXTERNAL (a belief that life is controlled by outside factors which the person cannot influence, or that chance/fate controls their lives).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus_o...
A person's "locus" is conceptualized as:
- INTERNAL (a belief that one can control one's own life)
or
- EXTERNAL (a belief that life is controlled by outside factors which the person cannot influence, or that chance/fate controls their lives).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus_o...
Locus of control - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
LOCUS OF CONTROL
A person's "locus" is conceptualized as:
- INTERNAL (a belief that one can control one's own life)
or
- EXTERNAL (a belief that life is controlled by outside factors which the person cannot influence, or that chance/fate controls their lives).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus_o...
A person's "locus" is conceptualized as:
- INTERNAL (a belief that one can control one's own life)
or
- EXTERNAL (a belief that life is controlled by outside factors which the person cannot influence, or that chance/fate controls their lives).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus_o...
PEASANT
A laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord.
Three classes existed: non-free slaves, semi-free serfs, and free tenants.
Can hold title to land by any of several forms of land tenure.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasant
A laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord.
Three classes existed: non-free slaves, semi-free serfs, and free tenants.
Can hold title to land by any of several forms of land tenure.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasant
Peasant - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
PEASANT
A laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord.
Three classes existed: non-free slaves, semi-free serfs, and free tenants.
Can hold title to land by any of several forms of land tenure.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasant
A laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord.
Three classes existed: non-free slaves, semi-free serfs, and free tenants.
Can hold title to land by any of several forms of land tenure.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasant
COMMONS
Cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable Earth that groups of people manage for individual and collective benefit.
Held in common privately or publicly.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons
Cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable Earth that groups of people manage for individual and collective benefit.
Held in common privately or publicly.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons
Commons - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
COMMONS
Cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable Earth that groups of people manage for individual and collective benefit.
Held in common privately or publicly.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons
Cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable Earth that groups of people manage for individual and collective benefit.
Held in common privately or publicly.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons
COMMONER
An ordinary person in a community or nation who did not have any significant social status.
A member of neither royalty, nobility, nor any part of the aristocracy.
Elevated persons (i.e. clergy) may have had higher social status in their own right.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commoner
An ordinary person in a community or nation who did not have any significant social status.
A member of neither royalty, nobility, nor any part of the aristocracy.
Elevated persons (i.e. clergy) may have had higher social status in their own right.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commoner
Commoner - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
COMMONER
An ordinary person in a community or nation who did not have any significant social status.
A member of neither royalty, nobility, nor any part of the aristocracy.
Elevated persons (i.e. clergy) may have had higher social status in their own right.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commoner
An ordinary person in a community or nation who did not have any significant social status.
A member of neither royalty, nobility, nor any part of the aristocracy.
Elevated persons (i.e. clergy) may have had higher social status in their own right.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commoner
VULGARITY
The quality of being common, coarse, or unrefined.
May refer to language, visual art, social class, or social climbers.
To be aware of vulgarity is to display a degree of sophistication which thereby elevates the subject above the vulgar.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgarity
The quality of being common, coarse, or unrefined.
May refer to language, visual art, social class, or social climbers.
To be aware of vulgarity is to display a degree of sophistication which thereby elevates the subject above the vulgar.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgarity
Vulgarity - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
VULGARITY
The quality of being common, coarse, or unrefined.
May refer to language, visual art, social class, or social climbers.
To be aware of vulgarity is to display a degree of sophistication which thereby elevates the subject above the vulgar.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgarity
The quality of being common, coarse, or unrefined.
May refer to language, visual art, social class, or social climbers.
To be aware of vulgarity is to display a degree of sophistication which thereby elevates the subject above the vulgar.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgarity
PROFANITY
Lack of respect for things that are sacred, which implies anything inspiring or deserving of reverence.
Showing disrespect or causing religious offense.
Not related to the sacred. In this sense it is similar in meaning to "secular."
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Lack of respect for things that are sacred, which implies anything inspiring or deserving of reverence.
Showing disrespect or causing religious offense.
Not related to the sacred. In this sense it is similar in meaning to "secular."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profane...
Profane (religion) - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
PROFANITY
Lack of respect for things that are sacred, which implies anything inspiring or deserving of reverence.
Showing disrespect or causing religious offense.
Not related to the sacred. In this sense it is similar in meaning to "secular."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profane...
Lack of respect for things that are sacred, which implies anything inspiring or deserving of reverence.
Showing disrespect or causing religious offense.
Not related to the sacred. In this sense it is similar in meaning to "secular."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profane...
SACREDNESS
Dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity.
Worthy of spiritual respect or devotion.
Inspires awe or reverence among believers.
Often ascribed to objects ("artifact" that is venerated, blessed), or places ("sacred ground").
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacredn...
Dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity.
Worthy of spiritual respect or devotion.
Inspires awe or reverence among believers.
Often ascribed to objects ("artifact" that is venerated, blessed), or places ("sacred ground").
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Sacredness - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
SACREDNESS
Dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity.
Worthy of spiritual respect or devotion.
Inspires awe or reverence among believers.
Often ascribed to objects ("artifact" that is venerated, blessed), or places ("sacred ground").
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacredn...
Dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity.
Worthy of spiritual respect or devotion.
Inspires awe or reverence among believers.
Often ascribed to objects ("artifact" that is venerated, blessed), or places ("sacred ground").
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacredn...
OMNIPOTENCE (NORMAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT)
Essential to a child's well-being.
"Good-enough" mothering is essential to "cope with the immense shock of loss of omnipotence"—as opposed to whatever "prematurely forces it out of its narcissistic universe".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipot...
Essential to a child's well-being.
"Good-enough" mothering is essential to "cope with the immense shock of loss of omnipotence"—as opposed to whatever "prematurely forces it out of its narcissistic universe".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipot...
Omnipotence - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
OMNIPOTENCE (NORMAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT)
Essential to a child's well-being.
"Good-enough" mothering is essential to "cope with the immense shock of loss of omnipotence"—as opposed to whatever "prematurely forces it out of its narcissistic universe".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipot...
Essential to a child's well-being.
"Good-enough" mothering is essential to "cope with the immense shock of loss of omnipotence"—as opposed to whatever "prematurely forces it out of its narcissistic universe".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipot...
KING OF THE HILL (GAME)
A children's game with the goal of having a single player remain on top of a large hill or similar feature as its "king." Competitors try to take the player's place and remove them, declaring a new king of the hill.
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A children's game with the goal of having a single player remain on top of a large hill or similar feature as its "king." Competitors try to take the player's place and remove them, declaring a new king of the hill.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of...
King of the hill (game) - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
KING OF THE HILL (GAME)
A children's game with the goal of having a single player remain on top of a large hill or similar feature as its "king." Competitors try to take the player's place and remove them, declaring a new king of the hill.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of...
A children's game with the goal of having a single player remain on top of a large hill or similar feature as its "king." Competitors try to take the player's place and remove them, declaring a new king of the hill.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of...
REGIME
System of government that determines access to public office, and the extent of power held by officials.
Two broad categories: democratic and autocratic.
Presence of rulers of both FORMAL and INFORMAL institutions, which adapt to changes to their environment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime
System of government that determines access to public office, and the extent of power held by officials.
Two broad categories: democratic and autocratic.
Presence of rulers of both FORMAL and INFORMAL institutions, which adapt to changes to their environment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime
Regime - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
REGIME
System of government that determines access to public office, and the extent of power held by officials.
Two broad categories: democratic and autocratic.
Presence of rulers of both FORMAL and INFORMAL institutions, which adapt to changes to their environment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime
System of government that determines access to public office, and the extent of power held by officials.
Two broad categories: democratic and autocratic.
Presence of rulers of both FORMAL and INFORMAL institutions, which adapt to changes to their environment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime
LAND TENURE
(French "tenir" means "to hold")
The legal regime in which land "owned" by an individual is possessed by someone else who is said to "hold" the land, based on an agreement between both individuals.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_te...
(French "tenir" means "to hold")
The legal regime in which land "owned" by an individual is possessed by someone else who is said to "hold" the land, based on an agreement between both individuals.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_te...
Land tenure - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
LAND TENURE
(French "tenir" means "to hold")
The legal regime in which land "owned" by an individual is possessed by someone else who is said to "hold" the land, based on an agreement between both individuals.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_te...
(French "tenir" means "to hold")
The legal regime in which land "owned" by an individual is possessed by someone else who is said to "hold" the land, based on an agreement between both individuals.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_te...
MANOR SYSTEM
A large, sometimes fortified manor house or castle in which the lord of the manor and his dependants lived and administered a rural estate, and a population of labourers or serfs who worked the surrounding land to support themselves and the lord.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoria...
A large, sometimes fortified manor house or castle in which the lord of the manor and his dependants lived and administered a rural estate, and a population of labourers or serfs who worked the surrounding land to support themselves and the lord.
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Manorialism - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
MANOR SYSTEM
A large, sometimes fortified manor house or castle in which the lord of the manor and his dependants lived and administered a rural estate, and a population of labourers or serfs who worked the surrounding land to support themselves and the lord.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoria...
A large, sometimes fortified manor house or castle in which the lord of the manor and his dependants lived and administered a rural estate, and a population of labourers or serfs who worked the surrounding land to support themselves and the lord.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoria...
FEUDALISM
A way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.
Obligations of the warrior nobility and all three estates of the realm: the nobility, the clergy, and the peasantry.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism
A way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.
Obligations of the warrior nobility and all three estates of the realm: the nobility, the clergy, and the peasantry.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism
Feudalism - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
FEUDALISM
A way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.
Obligations of the warrior nobility and all three estates of the realm: the nobility, the clergy, and the peasantry.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism
A way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.
Obligations of the warrior nobility and all three estates of the realm: the nobility, the clergy, and the peasantry.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism
DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
Only divine authority can judge a monarch.
Any attempt to depose, dethrone, resist or restrict their powers runs contrary to God's will.
Not accountable to humanity: not subject to the will of the people, aristocracy, or any other estate.
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Only divine authority can judge a monarch.
Any attempt to depose, dethrone, resist or restrict their powers runs contrary to God's will.
Not accountable to humanity: not subject to the will of the people, aristocracy, or any other estate.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_...
Divine right of kings - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
Only divine authority can judge a monarch.
Any attempt to depose, dethrone, resist or restrict their powers runs contrary to God's will.
Not accountable to humanity: not subject to the will of the people, aristocracy, or any other estate.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_...
Only divine authority can judge a monarch.
Any attempt to depose, dethrone, resist or restrict their powers runs contrary to God's will.
Not accountable to humanity: not subject to the will of the people, aristocracy, or any other estate.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_...
AUTOCRACY
Absolute power is held by one person, known as an autocrat.
The autocrat has total control over the exercise of civil liberties within the autocracy, choosing under what circumstances they may be exercised, if at all.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocracy
Absolute power is held by one person, known as an autocrat.
The autocrat has total control over the exercise of civil liberties within the autocracy, choosing under what circumstances they may be exercised, if at all.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocracy
Autocracy - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
AUTOCRACY
Absolute power is held by one person, known as an autocrat.
The autocrat has total control over the exercise of civil liberties within the autocracy, choosing under what circumstances they may be exercised, if at all.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocracy
Absolute power is held by one person, known as an autocrat.
The autocrat has total control over the exercise of civil liberties within the autocracy, choosing under what circumstances they may be exercised, if at all.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocracy
HIEROCRACY
Theory posited that since Christ was lord of the universe and both king and priest, and the Pope was his earthly vicar, the Pope must also possess both spiritual and temporal authority over everybody in the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierocr...
Theory posited that since Christ was lord of the universe and both king and priest, and the Pope was his earthly vicar, the Pope must also possess both spiritual and temporal authority over everybody in the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierocr...
Hierocracy (medieval) - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
HIEROCRACY
Theory posited that since Christ was lord of the universe and both king and priest, and the Pope was his earthly vicar, the Pope must also possess both spiritual and temporal authority over everybody in the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierocr...
Theory posited that since Christ was lord of the universe and both king and priest, and the Pope was his earthly vicar, the Pope must also possess both spiritual and temporal authority over everybody in the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierocr...
THEOCRACY
One or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries, with executive, legislative, and/or judicial power, who manage the government's daily affairs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocracy
One or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries, with executive, legislative, and/or judicial power, who manage the government's daily affairs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocracy
Theocracy - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
THEOCRACY
One or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries, with executive, legislative, and/or judicial power, who manage the government's daily affairs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocracy
One or more deities are recognized as supreme ruling authorities, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries, with executive, legislative, and/or judicial power, who manage the government's daily affairs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocracy
STATE RELIGION
A religion/creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state.
Generally, these religions have more rights and fewer restrictions in the country than other religions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_r...
A religion/creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state.
Generally, these religions have more rights and fewer restrictions in the country than other religions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_r...
State religion - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
STATE RELIGION
A religion/creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state.
Generally, these religions have more rights and fewer restrictions in the country than other religions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_r...
A religion/creed officially endorsed by a sovereign state.
Generally, these religions have more rights and fewer restrictions in the country than other religions.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_r...