Mandarinism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A government of mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins. countable, uncountable
"It seems to me that it is these very governments of centralized mandarinism that play at providence, in which they closely resemble the communists, as indeed all absolutism contains a strong element of communism."
Example
More examples"It seems to me that it is these very governments of centralized mandarinism that play at providence, in which they closely resemble the communists, as indeed all absolutism contains a strong element of communism."
Etymology
From mandarin + -ism.
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