mandarinal

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adjective

Pertaining to mandarins or to the system of rule by mandarins.

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Meanings

adjectivemandarinal (comparative more mandarinal, superlative most mandarinal)

comparative more mandarinal · superlative most mandarinal

  1. Pertaining to mandarins or to the system of rule by mandarins.

    Pasquier […] admired and promoted the mandarinal administrative system.

    2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 179
    1 more example

    Mandarinal Vietnam lasted because the foundations on which it was built remained forever the same.

    1967, Joseph Buttinger, Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled, page 116

Origin

From mandarin + -al.

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APA

mandarinal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandarinal

MLA

“mandarinal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandarinal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mandarinal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mandarinal.

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