Definitions For Timocracy

Noun

{{en-noun, timocracies}} (Platonism) A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers. (Aristotelianism) A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 勛閥政治}}, {{t, cmn, 勋阀政治 (xūnfázhèngzhì) Czech: timokracie French: timocratie, f German: Timokratie, f Greek: τιμοκρατία, f : Ancient: τιμοκρατία, f Italian: timocrazia, f Persian: تیموکراسی Russian: тимократия, f

Etymology

1580s, from {{etyl, frm, en}} tymocracie, from {{etyl, ML., en}} (13th century) timocratia, from (Ancient Greek)  τῑμοκρατίᾱ, from τῑμή, , valuation; honor + -κρατίᾱ, , a rule, reign, from κρατέω, , to rule (see -cracy).

Is Timocracy a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
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Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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Words with Friends
20

The word Timocracy is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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