"timocracy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: timocracies [plural]
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). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|tymocracie}} Middle French tymocracie, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|grc|τῑμοκρατίᾱ}} Ancient Greek τῑμοκρατίᾱ (tīmokratíā) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. (Aristotelianism) A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (form of government): τιμοκρατία (timokratía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), 勛閥政治 (Chinese Mandarin), 勋阀政治 (xūnfázhèngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), timokracie (Czech), timokratia (Finnish), timocratie [feminine] (French), Timokratie [feminine] (German), τιμοκρατία (timokratía) [feminine] (Greek), timocrazia [feminine] (Italian), تیموکراسی (Persian), тимократия (timokratija) [feminine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'form of government': 50 50

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