Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A state described by Plato as being governed on principles of honor and military glory.
- noun An Aristotelian state in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of government in which a certain amount of property is requisite as a qualification for Office.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive.
- noun A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.
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- noun Platonism A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers.
- noun A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The four types of state as we know them in Hellas, are: the Spartan, where personal ambition and honour rule, which we call timocracy; the oligarchical, where wealth rules; the democratic; and the arbitrary rule of the individual, which we call tyranny.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Various 1910
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Thus arises timocracy, which is intermediate between aristocracy and oligarchy.
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Thus arises timocracy, which is intermediate between aristocracy and oligarchy.
The Republic 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855
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Aristotle's mode of using words, would have been called a timocracy; and this in some cities, as at Athens, became the conducting medium to democracy.
The Republic 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855
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-- The government of Athens, framed by Solon, was in effect a "timocracy," or rule of the rich.
Outline of Universal History George Park Fisher 1868
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Sometimes this oligarchical government gave way to a government based upon a qualification of property, which, according to Aristotle’s mode of using words, would have been called a timocracy; and this in some cities, as at Athens, became the conducting medium to democracy.
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As countries went, England was already among the most democratic and the government the rebels formed was a timocracy (not that bad in my book, but worth noting to democratic fundamentalists).
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As countries went, England was already among the most democratic and the government the rebels formed was a timocracy not that bad in my book, but worth noting to democratic fundamentalists.
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The founding fathers created a timocracy in which most did not have the right to vote.
The Volokh Conspiracy » IJ’s Bone Marrow Case: Rational Basis Test 2009
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He contrasts the ideal city, in which the wise rule, and two would-be aristocracies, the timocracy in which the militaristically
Plato's Ethics and Politics in The Republic Brown, Eric 2009
yarb commented on the word timocracy
Rule by people called Tim.
September 26, 2007
seanahan commented on the word timocracy
Or, for the super nerdy, government by those who ping you for one damage.
September 27, 2007
qms commented on the word timocracy
Oh, heed the opinions of him
Who’s wise in even his whim!
The world as it ought to be
Is found in timocracy
As limned in the wisdom of Tim.
February 18, 2019