timocracy

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers.
2. noun A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.

Similar words

timocrat nomocracy optimacy teleocracy kratocracy polycracy antimeritocracy commandism critocracy pollarchy

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Word family

timocracies timocratic timocratical