Definitions for timocracies

timocracies ti·moc·ra·cy

Spelling: [tahy-mok-ruh-see]
IPA: /taɪˈmɒk rə si/

Timocracies is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 1118 anagrams from letters in timocracies (acceiimorst).

Definitions for timocracies

noun

  1. a form of government in which love of honor is the dominant motive of the rulers.
  2. a form of government in which a certain amount of property is requisite as a qualification for office.

Origin of timocracies

1580-90; earlier timocratie (Greek tīmokratía, equivalent to tīmo- (combining form of tīmḗ honor, worth) + -kratia -cracy

Examples for timocracies

Associated words: timocracy, timocratic, honorary, honorific.

Yet the question might be asked, under what category we would place the timocracy, or government of the rich.

timocracy, therefore, almost invariably paved the way to democracy.

Ought I not to begin by describing how the change from timocracy to oligarchy arises?

The individual who answers to timocracy has some noticeable qualities.

Between the Eupatrid oligarchy and the rule of Peisistratus there comes the timocracy of Solon.

Out of this timocracy, or timarchy, the city will next pass into an oligarchy, or government of wealth.

The constitution in the Laws is a timocracy of wealth, modified by an aristocracy of merit.

Yes, that is the type of character which answers to timocracy.

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