Timocracy
[tai'mɔkrәsi]
Definition
(n.) A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive.
(n.) A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.
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Definition
n. a form of government in which a certain amount of property is a necessary qualification for office.—adj. Timocrat′ic.
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Examples
- Yes, that is the type of character which answers to timocracy. Plato. The Republic.
- First, then, I said, let us enquire how timocracy (the government of honour) arises out of aristocracy (the government of the best). Plato. The Republic.
- Ought I not to begin by describing how the change from timocracy to oligarchy arises? Plato. The Republic.
- The individual who answers to timocracy has some noticeable qualities. Plato. The Republic.
- But how did timocracy arise out of the perfect State? Plato. The Republic.
- Thus arises timocracy, which is intermediate between aristocracy and oligarchy. Plato. The Republic.
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