mandarinism means A government of mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From mandarin + -ism.
noun
- A government of mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins.“It seems to me that it is these very governments of centralized mandarinism that play at providence, in which they closely resemble the communists, as indeed all absolutism contains a strong element of communism.”