TIMOCRACY

Etymology

Noun

timocracy (plural timocracies)

(Platonism) A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers.

(Aristotelianism) A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.

Source: Wiktionary


Ti*moc"ra*cy, n. Etym: [Gr. timocratie.] (Gr. Antiq.) (a) A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive. (b) A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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