Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mandarinate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: man-dar-i-nate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The status of holding a position as a mandarin.

Obsolete

noun

The collective body of mandarins.

noun

A political form of rule by mandarins.

noun

A type of government marked by excessive bureaucracy and Byzantine regulations.

Example Sentences

"As higher education, claiming more and more years of one’s life, widens the space between those who possess it and those who do not, and as the enlightenment of the public wanes relatively to the superior enlightenment of the learned castes and professions, the mandarinate will infallibly draw to itself a greater and greater share of social power."
"He criticized the monarchy and the mandarinate for failing to save the country and to help the people in their hour of greatest need."
"Far from being a model of democracy, the EU is associated with an arrogant, out-of-touch mandarinate that issues rules and edicts with paternalistic and highhanded disregard for ordinary citizens."

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).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: mandarinat

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

mandarinates (plural)

Questions

What does mandarinate mean?: The status of holding a position as a mandarin.
Where does mandarinate come from?: It is traced to French.

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