释义 |
ti·moc·ra·cy \tīˈmäkrəsē\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle French tymocracie, from Medieval Latin timocratia, from Greek timokratia polity based on honor or wealth, from timē price, value, honor + -kratia -cracy — more at pain 1. Aristotelianism : a stage of political development in which political and civil honors are distributed according to wealth 2. [Greek timokratia] Platonism : a stage of political development in which love of honor or glory is the ruling principle |