mandarinism en · NOUN
Etymology
From mandarin + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
1853, Francis Lieber, On Civil Liberty and Self-government:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mandarinisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |