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mandarinate

noun

Etymology

From French mandarinat, corresponding to mandarin + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people performing it, the concrete charge of it).

  1. derived from mandarinat

Definitions

  1. The status of holding a position as a mandarin.

  2. The collective body of mandarins.

    • He criticized the monarchy and the mandarinate for failing to save the country and to help the people in their hour of greatest need.

  3. A political form of rule by mandarins.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A type of government marked by excessive bureaucracy and Byzantine regulations.

      • Far from being a model of democracy, the EU is associated with an arrogant, out-of-touch mandarinate that issues rules and edicts with paternalistic and highhanded disregard for ordinary citizens.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA