English Explanatory Dictionary

mandarinate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The status of holding a position as a mandarin.
  2. The collective body of mandarins.
  3. A political form of rule by mandarins.
  4. A type of government marked by excessive bureaucracy and Byzantine regulations.

Word forms

mandarinate mandarinates

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).

Translations

French: mandarinat Italian: mandarinato
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