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Aside: let's put "worthy of a mandarin" away forever

• Octopodes 7y ago
  I've never heard the expression before. Could someone explain its meaning please?
  • Synaesthesia 7y ago
    An official or bureaucrat, particularly one that is reactionary and secretive. Eg. American Power and The New Mandarins. (Book) I think it’s an important and relevant term.
  • ur-whale 7y ago
    >Could someone explain its meaning please? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_(bureaucrat) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_(bureaucrat)