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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TIMOCRACY

From Old French tymocracie, ultimately from Greek timokratia, from timē worth, honour, price + -cracy.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TIMOCRACY

timocracy  [taɪˈmɒkrəsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TIMOCRACY

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Timocracy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TIMOCRACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Timocracy

A timocracy is a state where only property owners may participate in government. The more extreme forms of timocracy, where power derives entirely from wealth with no regard for social or civic responsibility, may shift in their form and become a plutocracy where the wealthy and powerful use their power to entrench their wealth.

Definition of timocracy in the English dictionary

The definition of timocracy in the dictionary is a political unit or system in which possession of property serves as the first requirement for participation in government. Other definition of timocracy is a political unit or system in which love of honour is deemed the guiding principle of government.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TIMOCRACY


adhocracy
ædˈhɒkrəsɪ
aristocracy
ˌærɪˈstɒkrəsɪ
autocracy
ɔːˈtɒkrəsɪ
bureaucracy
bjʊəˈrɒkrəsɪ
cottonocracy
ˌkɒtəˈnɒkrəsɪ
democracy
dɪˈmɒkrəsɪ
demonocracy
ˌdiːmɒnˈɒkrəsɪ
dulocracy
duːˈlɒkrəsɪ
gerontocracy
ˌdʒɛrɒnˈtɒkrəsɪ
hypocrisy
hɪˈpɒkrəsɪ
kakistocracy
ˌkækɪˈstɒkrəsɪ
kleptocracy
ˌklɛpˈtɒkrəsɪ
mediocracy
ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrəsɪ
meritocracy
ˌmɛrɪˈtɒkrəsɪ
mobocracy
mɒˈbɒkrəsɪ
nomocracy
nɒˈmɒkrəsɪ
pedantocracy
ˌpedənˈtɒkrəsɪ
plutocracy
pluːˈtɒkrəsɪ
technocracy
tɛkˈnɒkrəsɪ
theocracy
θɪˈɒkrəsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TIMOCRACY

timist
timocracies
timocratic
timocratical
timolol
timon
timoneer
Timor
Timor pony
Timor Sea
Timor-Leste
Timorese
timorous
timorously
timorousness
timorsome
Timoshenko
Timothy
timothy grass
timously

WORDS THAT END LIKE TIMOCRACY

accuracy
Christian Democracy
chrysocracy
dollarocracy
doulocracy
gynocracy
industrial democracy
liberal democracy
millocracy
monocracy
ochlocracy
pantisocracy
parliamentary democracy
people´s democracy
physiocracy
plantocracy
pornocracy
ptochocracy
social democracy
stratocracy
thalassocracy

Synonyms and antonyms of timocracy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «timocracy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TIMOCRACY

Find out the translation of timocracy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of timocracy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «timocracy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

timocracy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

timocracia
570 millions of speakers

English

timocracy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

timocracy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

timocracy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тимократия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

timocracia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

timocracy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

timocratie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Timokrasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Timokratie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

timocracy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

timocracy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Timokrasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

timocracy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புகழ் விரும்புபவர் ஆட்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोकशाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

timocracy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

timocracy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Timokracja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тимократия
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

timocracy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τιμοκρατικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

timocracy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

timocracy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

timocracy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of timocracy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TIMOCRACY»

The term «timocracy» is used very little and occupies the 173.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TIMOCRACY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «timocracy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «timocracy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about timocracy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TIMOCRACY»

Discover the use of timocracy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to timocracy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aristotle's "best Regime": Kingship, Democracy, and the Rule ...
One must note, however, that the clause "politeian a" auten eiothasin oi pleistoi kalein" refers to timocracy. The clause does not suggest that the people call timocracy "the regime called regime," but it questions the validity of calling timocracy a ...
Clifford Angell Bates, 2003
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Moral Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Culture, Economics, ...
I then turn to consider the farewell speech of United States of America President Eisenhower (1961) and argue that it offers a landmark statement ushering in the contemporary period of timocracy. It is the speech of an insider highlighting a ...
Sharlene Swartz, Monica Taylor, 2013
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Reading Dante: The Pursuit of Meaning
But since he stresses the practice of electing magistrates and lords by qualification, his ideal resembles that of timocracy, whose opposite is democracy according to Aristotle. However, in order to determine whether Brunetto maintained that ...
Jesper Hede, 2007
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George Santayana (Ppr):
Genuine timocracy is out of the question, yet the zeal engendered in social democracy or communism, if sufficient to eliminate selfishness, leads to ends even more odious (p. 320). Here we may see another example of Santayana's prophetic ...
5
Ramus and Reform: University and Church at the End of the ...
What he was endorsing was a sort of meritocracy, as can be seen through an examination of the history of the word “timocracy” and an analysis of Ramus's use of it. Both Plato and Aristotle used the term “timocratia,” but in very different senses ...
James Veazie Skalnik, 2002
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Athens Victorious: Democracy in Plato's Republic
This is what Socrates means in describing the timocracy as “leaning towards simpler men” as leaders (547e); they are people who can straightforwardly be identified as rulers, unlike wiser types who seem shifty and untrustworthy, or in a word, ...
Greg Recco, 2009
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Plato and the Hero: Courage, Manliness and the Impersonal Good
The ideal state degenerates into a timocracy as a result of eugenic mistakes and the consequent decline in the system of education. In a timocracy, the citizens are educated by force rather than persuasion and physical training is ...
Angela Hobbs, 2006
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Oligarchia:
While retaining the terms "kingship" and "aristocracy" for good government of one and of a few, respectively, he uses "timocracy" (TiuoKpa- Tia) as an alternate name for what he calls "polity" in the Politics, defining it as a constitution based on ...
Martin Ostwald, 2000
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The Platonic Dialogues for English Readers
10), that there are three normal or regular kinds of polity : — Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Timocracy ; and three abnormal or irregular kinds, perversions of these; namely, Tyranny, Oligarchy, and Democracy. But the Timocracy of Aristotle is ...
Plato, 1861
10
The New Nobility: A Prolegomenon to Plato's "Greater Hippias".
Hence, timocracy, rule by the honourable, is for both Plato and Aristotle the highest practical political regime.103 That is, as long as the city is one and harmonious, it is stable and secure. When faction arises in the ruling part of any regime, ...
Bryan Henry Smith, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TIMOCRACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term timocracy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Split the Earth: 50% for Humans, 50% for Protected Biodiversity Zones
A form of government used in part in past republics and empires is “Timocracy” - government that encourages and rewards gifts made by the wealthy for the ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jun 15»
2
Umgang mit Transsexualität: Das Geschlecht im Gehirn
timocracy. 25. Mai, 03:08. Ich glaube nicht einmal ansatzweise an eine sexuelle ... @timocracy I hope this world will become another than a father's world called ... «taz.de, May 15»
3
Gordon Clark: We live in a kakistocracy, so don't expect bright ideas
Maybe one day we'll live in a timocracy — government by the honourable. Nah ... never gonna happen. gclark@theprovince.com · twitter.com/ProvinceEdits. «The Province, Apr 15»
4
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: Plato's ideas remain relevant
In the Mideast, modern examples of an enlightened monarchy, a timocracy, an oligarchy, a “democracy,” and a despotism might be Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, ... «Wallowa County Cheiftain, Mar 15»
5
City and man in Rajasthan
That Attic philosopher who had a rather negative opinion of democracy believed that the transition from aristocracy to timocracy to oligarchy and thence to ... «Livemint, Jan 15»
6
Should We Teach Plato in Gym Class?
He calls it a timocracy, and he is fully alert to its dangers: constant battles for first place and ongoing war. In paying close attention to both the promise and the ... «New York Times, Aug 14»
7
What Comes After The Pink Police State
In Socratic terms, these regimes are labeled timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny, in descending order. And the master ideas that animate them are ... «The Federalist, Aug 14»
8
Faith of nation's forefathers celebrated at Plymouth
They are followed by “timocracy,” a form of government in which rulers are motivated by love of fame. “These are people who have no experience running ... «WND.com, Aug 14»
9
Editorial: Degeneration, over and over
IN Plato's The Republic Book 8, Socrates describes four city-man pairs as the stages of degeneration a just city will become over time. From timocracy to ... «Sun.Star, Jul 14»
10
Whatever Happened To Democracy In America?
It could reasonably be argued that currently in the United States, our actual system of governance is timocracy. A timocratic government is run solely by property ... «ThyBlackMan, Oct 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Timocracy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/timocracy>. Apr 2024 ».
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