mandarinization

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mandarinization (uncountable)

  1. The process of mandarinizing (adapting for government bureaucrats).
    • 1988, Robert S. Peck, The Blessings of Liberty, page 142:
      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!
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