timocracyn.

/tʌɪˈmɒkrəsi/

Forms: Also 1500s -cratie.

Etymology: < Old French tymocracie (Oresme 14th cent.), modern French timocratie, < medieval Latin tīmocratia (in 13th cent. translation of Aristotle), < Greek τῑμοκρατία , used by Plato and by Aristotle in two distinct senses, < τῑμή (a ) honour, (b ) value or valuation + -κρατία : see -cracy comb. form. The Aristotelian, the later sense in Greek, was the first to appear in English literature.

1. In the Aristotelian sense: A polity with a property qualification for the ruling class.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of rich people

timocracy1586

plutocracy1631

plutarchy1643

timarchy1643

chrysocracy1828

plousiocracy1839

chryso-aristocracy1858

plutogogy1894

plutodemocracy1895

society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > state ruled by rich

timocracy1586

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 581 The third kind of a good and right common-wealth is of a Greeke worde called Timocratie, which we may call The power of meane or indifferent wealth.

1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) D iij Between the two kinds of a depraved Commonweale, to wit, Oligarchie and Democratie, this Commonweale Timocratie is founded.

1652 R. Filmer Observ. Aristotles Politiques 6 Of all the right kindes of Government Monarchy was the best, and a Timocratie the worst.

1818 T. Taylor tr. Aristotle Rhetoric II. 311 The polities indeed are, a kingdom, an aristocracy, and the third is derived from the distribution of honours through the medium of wealth, which as it seems may be appropriately called a timocracy.

1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. x. 408 The scale of the timocracy was gradually lowered, until it was wholly abolished.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xi. 159 Such were the divisions in the political scale established by Solon, called by Aristotle a Timocracy, in which the rights, honours, functions and liabilities of the citizens were measured out according to the assessed property of each.

2. In the Platonic sense: A polity (like that of Sparta) in which love of honour is said to be the dominant motive with the rulers.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > state dominated by love of honour

timocracy1656

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 92 Of a Commonwealth he asserteth five kinds, the first, Aristocracy, when the best rule; the second, Timocracy, when the ambitious; the third Democracy, when the people; the fourth, Oligarchy, when a few; the last, Tyranny, which is the worst of all.

a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 620/1 The fraternal type of equality will be preserved in all friendships under a timocracy.

1852 Davies & Vaughan tr. Plato Republic (1858) 307 We will begin on the present occasion by examining the ambitious constitution—(I do not know of any other name in use; we must call it Timocracy or Timarchy).

1871 J. Morley Some Greek Conception in Crit. Misc. 333 A timocracy in which the energetic ambitious and military type will become dominant.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	timocracy
释义	timocracyn. /tʌɪˈmɒkrəsi/ Forms: Also 1500s -cratie. Etymology: < Old French tymocracie (Oresme 14th cent.), modern French timocratie, < medieval Latin tīmocratia (in 13th cent. translation of Aristotle), < Greek τῑμοκρατία , used by Plato and by Aristotle in two distinct senses, < τῑμή (a ) honour, (b ) value or valuation + -κρατία : see -cracy comb. form. The Aristotelian, the later sense in Greek, was the first to appear in English literature. 1. In the Aristotelian sense: A polity with a property qualification for the ruling class. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of rich people timocracy1586 plutocracy1631 plutarchy1643 timarchy1643 chrysocracy1828 plousiocracy1839 chryso-aristocracy1858 plutogogy1894 plutodemocracy1895 society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > state ruled by rich timocracy1586 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 581 The third kind of a good and right common-wealth is of a Greeke worde called Timocratie, which we may call The power of meane or indifferent wealth. 1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) D iij Between the two kinds of a depraved Commonweale, to wit, Oligarchie and Democratie, this Commonweale Timocratie is founded. 1652 R. Filmer Observ. Aristotles Politiques 6 Of all the right kindes of Government Monarchy was the best, and a Timocratie the worst. 1818 T. Taylor tr. Aristotle Rhetoric II. 311 The polities indeed are, a kingdom, an aristocracy, and the third is derived from the distribution of honours through the medium of wealth, which as it seems may be appropriately called a timocracy. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. x. 408 The scale of the timocracy was gradually lowered, until it was wholly abolished. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xi. 159 Such were the divisions in the political scale established by Solon, called by Aristotle a Timocracy, in which the rights, honours, functions and liabilities of the citizens were measured out according to the assessed property of each. 2. In the Platonic sense: A polity (like that of Sparta) in which love of honour is said to be the dominant motive with the rulers. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > state dominated by love of honour timocracy1656 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 92 Of a Commonwealth he asserteth five kinds, the first, Aristocracy, when the best rule; the second, Timocracy, when the ambitious; the third Democracy, when the people; the fourth, Oligarchy, when a few; the last, Tyranny, which is the worst of all. a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 620/1 The fraternal type of equality will be preserved in all friendships under a timocracy. 1852 Davies & Vaughan tr. Plato Republic (1858) 307 We will begin on the present occasion by examining the ambitious constitution—(I do not know of any other name in use; we must call it Timocracy or Timarchy). 1871 J. Morley Some Greek Conception in Crit. Misc. 333 A timocracy in which the energetic ambitious and military type will become dominant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1586
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