timocracy

n. 金权政治, 荣誉政治

词形变化

timocracies 复数 timocracies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.

    可数 不可数

词源

1580s, from Middle French tymocracie, from Medieval Latin (13th century) timocratia, from Ancient Greek τῑμοκρατίᾱ (tīmokratíā), from τῑμή (tīmḗ, “valuation; honor”) + -κρατίᾱ (-kratíā, “a rule, reign”), from κρατέω (kratéō, “to rule”) (see -cracy).

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