Mandarinate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mandarinate is a noun meaning The collective body of mandarins.
Meaning
The collective body of mandarins.
More Meanings
- A political form of rule by mandarins.
- (figuratively) A type of government marked by excessive bureaucracy and Byzantine regulations.
- (obsolete) The status of holding a position as a mandarin.
Example Sentences
He criticized the monarchy and the mandarinate for failing to save the country and to help the people in their hour of greatest need.
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.
As higher education, claiming more and more years of one’s life, widens the space between those who possess it and those who do not, and as the enlightenment of the public wanes relatively to the superior enlightenment of the learned castes and professions, the mandarinate will infallibly draw to itself a greater and greater share of social power.
Word Forms
- mandarinates
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mandarinship, mandarin, mandatee, mandatary, marshalship, mandator.
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