timocracy

English

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).

Noun

timocracy (countable and uncountable, plural timocracies)

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

Translations

form of government

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勛閥政治／勋阀政治 (xūnfázhèngzhì)

• Czech: timokracie
• French: timocratie (fr) f
• German: Timokratie (de) f
• Greek: τιμοκρατία (el) f (timokratía)

  Ancient: τιμοκρατία f (timokratía)

• Italian: timocrazia (it) f
• Persian: تیموکراسی
• Russian: тимократия (ru) f (timokratija)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “timocracy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• http://www.islandnet.com/~egbird/dict/t.htm
• http://phrontistery.info/t.html
• “timocracy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.