timocracy
/taɪˈmɒkrəsi/noun
उच्चारण टाइमॉक्रसी
संपत्ति-तंत्र, संपत्तिधारियों का शासन
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[U, C] technical
a form of government in which only people who own property have power
संपत्ति-तंत्र, संपत्तिधारियों का शासन
- In a timocracy, the landless had no vote.
- Some Greek city states were timocracies.
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[U, C] technical
(in the philosophy of Plato) a form of government by rulers who are moved by love of honour and glory
(प्लेटो के दर्शन में) सम्मान-प्रेमियों का शासन
- Plato placed timocracy just below the ideal state ruled by philosophers.
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timocratic adjective
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Government by property owners is timocracy, by the rich is plutocracy, by a few is oligarchy, and by the mob is ochlocracy.
संपत्तिधारियों के शासन को timocracy, धनवानों के शासन को plutocracy, कुछ लोगों के शासन को oligarchy और भीड़ के शासन को ochlocracy कहते हैं।