Timocracy

created by Webster 1913

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:49:23

Ti*moc"ra*cy (?), n. [Gr. ; honor, worth (fr. to honor) + to govern: cf. F. timocratie.] Gr. Antiq. (a)

A state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive.

(b)

A state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.

Plutocracy	Timon of Athens	Trench Coat Philosophy	Gynocracy
meritocracy	The curse of being named Tim	Chiliarchy	Tim
Monty Python and the Holy Grail	Tim the Enchanter	government	Timor mortis conturbat me
Kantianism	Senator Robert Byrd and the Roman Republic	Autocracy	oligarchy
Timmy	Latin	popularity contest	Leonard Peltier
republic	Psalms of the Convenience Store Clerk: Hum, Blessed Beer Cooler	Tiny Tim	Virgin Gorda

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