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mandarinization

mandarinization noun: the process of mandarinizing (adapting for government bureaucrats).

Noun (1)

mandarinization (uncountable)

  1. The 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

Noun (2) capitalized: Mandarinization

Mandarinization (uncountable)

  1. The process of making something or someone Mandarin.

Questions about mandarinization

What does mandarinization mean?
Mandarinization means the process of mandarinizing (adapting for government bureaucrats).
What part of speech is mandarinization?
Mandarinization is a noun.

Words near mandarinization in the dictionary

  1. mandarinfish
  2. mandarinic
  3. mandarining
  4. mandarinism
  5. mandarinisms
  6. mandarinization
  7. mandarinize
  8. mandarinized
  9. mandarinizes
  10. mandarinizing
  11. Mandarino

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