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mandarinizing

mandarinizing is the present participle and gerund of mandarinize.

Meaning of mandarinize

Verb

mandarinize (third-person singular simple present mandarinizes, present participle mandarinizing, simple past and past participle mandarinized)

  1. (transitive) To adapt for the use of government bureaucrats, or mandarins.
    • Kojève […] sought to depoliticize and “mandarinize” the process through economic arrangements […]2012, Will Kymlicka, Kathryn Walker, Rooted Cosmopolitanism: Canada and the World, page 200

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Verb capitalized: Mandarinizing

Mandarinizing

  1. (gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of Mandarinize

Questions about mandarinizing

What is mandarinizing the present participle and gerund of?
Mandarinizing is the present participle and gerund of mandarinize.
What part of speech is mandarinizing?
Mandarinizing is a verb.

Words near mandarinizing in the dictionary

  1. mandarinisms
  2. mandarinization
  3. mandarinize
  4. mandarinized
  5. mandarinizes
  6. mandarinizing
  7. Mandarino
  8. mandarinoite
  9. Mandarinos
  10. mandarinquat
  11. mandarinquats

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