English Dictionary

mandarinate

名詞

廃用 比喩的用法

(obsolete) The status of holding a position as a mandarin. / The collective body of mandarins. / A political form of rule by mandarins.

日本語の意味

（古語）官房・中枢官僚に就くこと、またはその地位 / （古語）官僚の集団 / （古語）官僚による政治体制

Although the term is archaic, his mandarinate still conferred considerable influence in provincial affairs.

その用語は古風ではあるが、彼の文官としての地位は地方行政にかなりの影響力を与え続けた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) The status of holding a position as a mandarin.

意味（2）

The collective body of mandarins.

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.

意味（3）

A political form of rule by mandarins.

意味（4）

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

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.

mandarinates （ plural ）