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ti·moc·ra·cy

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–noun, plural -cies.

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

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ti·moc·ra·cy Audio Help (tī-mŏk'rə-sē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. ti·moc·ra·cies

A state described by Plato as being governed on principles of honor and military glory.
An Aristotelian state in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.

[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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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.

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