mandarinization

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noun

The process of mandarinizing (adapting for government bureaucrats).

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Meanings

mandarinization1

nounmandarinization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of mandarinizing (adapting for government bureaucrats).

    It may be more than coincidence that following the mandarinization of impoundment, budget deficits have swollen inordinately, and we now find President Reagan and some of his congressional allies thinking about an item veto!

    1988, Robert S. Peck, The Blessings of Liberty, page 142

Mandarinization2

nounMandarinization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of making something or someone Mandarin.
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Chicago

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