单词 | timocratic |
释义 | timocraticadj. Of, belonging to, or characterized by a timocracy. a. In the Aristotelian sense: see timocracy n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adjective] > of rich people timocratical1652 plutocratical1841 timocratic1847 plutocratic1853 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxi. 168 The timocratic classification of Solon..continued to subsist. 1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. ii. iv. 89 These were the timocratic constitutions, which arrange the citizens in divisions, and determine the measure of their rights according to the standard of property. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) i. 32 The Comitia Centuriata was a timocratic assembly, or one in which the ascendency belonged to wealth. b. In the Platonic sense: see timocracy n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [adjective] > ambitious > for honour or rank ambitiousc1384 climbing1561 glorious1609 timocratic1852 timocratical1871 1852 Davies & Vaughan tr. Plato Republic (1858) 312 Such we find to be the character of the timocratic young man, who resembles the timocratic state. 1905 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 556 The timocratic man who seeks honour may easily degenerate to the mere money lover. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1847 |
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