ti·moc·ra·cy
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| 1. | a form of government in which love of honor is the dominant motive of the rulers. |
| 2. | a form of government in which a certain amount of property is requisite as a qualification for office. |
[Origin: 1580–90; earlier timocratie (< F) < Gk tīmokratía, equiv. to tīmo- (comb. form of tīm
honor, worth) + -kratia -cracy
]
honor, worth) + -kratia -cracy
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n. pl. ti·moc·ra·cies
[Obsolete French tymocracie, from Medieval Latin tīmocratia, from Greek tīmokratiā : tīmē, honor, value + -kratiā, -cracy.] ti'mo·crat'ic (tī'mə-krāt'ĭk) adj. |
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timocracy
1586, from M.Fr. tymocracie, from M.L. timocratia (13c.), from Gk. timokratia, from time "honor, worth" (related to tiein "to place a value on, to honor") + -kratia "rule." In Plato's philosophy, a form of government in which ambition for power and glory motivates the rulers (as in Sparta). In Aristotle, a form of government in which political power is in direct proportion to property ownership.
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Timocracy
Ti*moc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? honor, worth (fr. ? to honor) + ? to govern: cf. F. 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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