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mandarinism

noun

Etymology

From mandarin + -ism.

  1. derived from मन्त्रिन् — “minister, councillor”
  2. derived from menteri
  3. borrowed from mandarim
  4. suffixed as mandarinism — “mandarin + ism”

Definitions

  1. A government of mandarins

    A government of mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.

    • 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.

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