Japanolatry

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An admiration for Japan or items that reflect Japanese culture.

   • THESE three books, each in its own manner and degree, are excellent examples of the Japanolatry characteristic of this rococo age.
   • 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.
2. 2

   A belief in the superiority of Japanese business practices and management style.

   • 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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