Japanolatry

English Etymology From en Japan olatry.n 1109513342 Pronunciation en /d͡ʒæpəˈnɒlətɹi/ en ɒlətɹi 5 Noun - An admiration for Japan or items that reflect Japanese culture. en Japanophilia en 1895 The Athenaeum 249 THESE three books, each in its own manner and degree, are excellent examples of the Japanolatry characteristic of this rococo age. en 1895 Asian Review 218 Mr . Norman is not free from the prevalent Japanolatry. At p. 360 (e.g) Japan did not provoke the late war; at p. 376 she is dubbed a "first class military power"; and at p. 377, one of her buglers blows, apparently for a long time (with a bullet in his chest), till breath fails — which anyone can tell would be an immediate result. en 1912 GC & HTJ. - Volumes 51-52 330 The beauty of a Japanese garden is a step to take, and it is a real step, quite as far apart from the vulgar and uneducated Japanolatry of some years since as from the cold contempt into which more recent taste seems to be reacting. en 1967 From Japanology to Japanese Studies Geoffrey Bownas Japanolatry in the West coincided with victory in the Sino-Japanese War, and, ten years later, the defeat of Russia. en 1981 Gourmet - Volume 41, Issues 1-6 Pearl Violette Metzelthin; Ruth Reichl For twenty years his taste confined itself to the fashionable families that married well with Louis XV furniture and to the Japanese wares then in vogue as a result of the decorative rage in France known as Japanolatry. en more specifically A belief in the superiority of Japanese business practices and management style. en 1994 Cars: Analysis, History, Cases Karel Williams 216 Finally, the complex and multi-dimensional character of any performance gap can be explored further by introducing cash flow per vehicle produced as a third performance measure; this series shows the limits of Japanolatry because, on this measure, average car companies in Japan as well as America have real problems. en 2013 Taking Japan Seriously: A Confucian Perspective on Leading Economic Issues Ronald Dore Let me take an example from a recent American bestseller, which is intended, it seems clear, as a counterblast to all the Japanolatry now running riot through American business schools. en 2016 Management Control: Theories, Issues and Practices Anthony J. Berry; Jane Broadbent; David T. Otley 222 We have attempted to confront each of these broader issues elsewhere, in work which questions the exaggerated and uncritical Japanolatry of much Western social science (Williams et al., 1991, 1992). Translations admiration for Japan French: fr japonolâtrie f References en Japan