Mandarinism

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A government of mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A government by mandarins (senses 1 or 2); character or spirit of the mandarins{2}.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The character or customs of mandarins; government by mandarins.
  • Word Usage
    "I am not convinced that [Caldwell's] attempt to move the conversation to a question of who owns the means of literary production does anything more than nudge us toward a severe reification of outsiderness, an anti-brand mandarinism."