Japanolatry

Definitions

1. An admiration for Japan or items that reflect Japanese culture.
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2. A belief in the superiority of Japanese business practices and management style.
   uncountable

Examples

“THESE three books, each in its own⟳ manner and degree, are excellent examples of the Japanolatry characteristic of this rococo age.”

“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⟳.”

“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.”

“Japanolatry in the West coincided with victory in the Sino-Japanese War, and, ten years later, the defeat⟳ of Russia.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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).”

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