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timocracy

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ti·moc·ra·cy  (t-mkr-s)
n. pl. ti·moc·ra·cies
1. A state described by Plato as being governed on principles of honor and military glory.
2. An Aristotelian state in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.
[Obsolete French tymocracie, from Medieval Latin tmocratia, from Greek tmokrati : tm, honor, value + -krati, -cracy.]
timo·cratic (tm-krtk) adj.
timocracy
1. Platonism. a state in which a love of honor and glory is the guiding principle of the rulers.
2. Aristotelianism. a state in which the ownership of property is a qualification for office. — timocratie, timocratical, adj.
See also: Government


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First, then, I said, let us enquire how timocracy (the government of honour) arises out of aristocracy (the government of the best).
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