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单词 timocratic
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timocraticadj.

/tʌɪməʊˈkratɪk/
Etymology: < medieval Latin tīmocraticus, < Greek τῑμοκρατικός , < τῑμοκρατία : see timocracy n. and -ic suffix. So French timocratique.
Of, belonging to, or characterized by a timocracy.
a. In the Aristotelian sense: see timocracy n. 1.
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society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adjective] > of rich people
timocratical1652
plutocratical1841
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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.
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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).
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