timocracy

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Definition of timocracy

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers.
(countable, uncountable)A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.

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Etymology

1580s, from Middle French tymocracie, from Medieval Latin (13th century) timocratia, from Ancient Greek τῑμοκρατίᾱ (tīmokratíā), from τῑμή (tīmḗ, “valuation; honor”) + -κρατίᾱ (-kratíā, “a rule, reign”), from κρατέω (kratéō, “to rule”) (see -cracy).

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