English Explanatory Dictionary

timocracy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

timocracy timocracies

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).

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 勛閥政治 /勋阀政治 Czech: timokracie Finnish: timokratia French: timocratie German: Timokratie Greek: τιμοκρατία Ancient Greek: τιμοκρατία Italian: timocrazia Persian: تیموکراسی Russian: тимократия
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