adjective [oft adverb ADJECTIVE] If someone has a life-threatening illness or is in a life-threatening situation, there is a strong possibility that the illness or the situation will kill them. Caitlin was born with a life-threatening heart abnormality.
In their writings, Plato and Aristotle described and analyzed the state in terms of. autocracy, oligarchy, and democracyâthe rule of one, several, or many. Both Plato and. Aristotle advocated the type of government that was ruled by an educated elite, that is, an aristocracy; however, throughout the city-states of Greece they observed all forms of. government. Still used today, these categories are outlined below.
What is a Theocracy? Vatican City, a city state that serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, is a theocracy governed by the Pope and College of Cardinals. Iran has been a theocratic Islamic state since the overthrow of its monarchy, which was led by the Pahlavi dynasty, in 1979. Saudi Arabia is a modern theocracy.