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