timocracy
nounA state described by Plato as being governed on principles of honor and military glory.
nounAn Aristotelian state in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.
nounA form of government in which a certain amount of property is requisite as a qualification for Office.
nounA state in which the love of honor is the ruling motive.
nounA state in which honors are distributed according to a rating of property.
nounA form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers.
nounA form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.