1. bureaucratic language or behavior characterized by excessive formality, complexity, or adherence to official procedures
Usage: often pejorative; plural form

Examples

• The government report was filled with mandarinisms that made it nearly impossible to understand.
• Citizens grew frustrated with the mandarinisms of the permit office.
• The professor criticized the mandarinisms in academic writing.
• Local officials were trained to avoid mandarinisms when speaking to the public.
• The new policy aimed to eliminate mandarinisms from government communications.
• Her speech was refreshingly free of the usual political mandarinisms.