timocracy

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Timocracy

From Medieval Latin timocratia, from Greek tīmokratíā, from tīmē valuation; honor + -kratíā a rule, reign, from krateîn to rule

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.

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