Nipponophile

English

Etymology

Nippon +‎ -o- +‎ -phile

Noun

Nipponophile (plural Nipponophiles)

1. One who loves Japan or Japanese culture.

   Synonym: Japanophile

   Antonyms: Nipponophobe, Japanophobe

   • 1997, Errol C. Friedberg, Correcting the Blueprint of Life: An Historical Account of the Discovery of DNA Repair Mechanisms, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, →ISBN, page 114:

     […] Strauss had become something of a Nipponophile and had returned to Japan for a sabbatical in 1958.

   • 2003, William Illsey Atkinson, Nanocosm: Nanotechnology and the Big Changes Coming from the Inconceivably Small, Amacom, →ISBN, page 213:

     CALL ME A NIPPONOPHILE—a secret admirer of Japan, a worshiper from afar.

   • 2003 October, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants: 2004, 6th edition, Penguin Putnam, →ISBN, page 29:

     The place was actually set up by a Nipponophile Englishman, but the kitchen staff are all Japanese and its Far Eastern credentials bear scrutiny.

2. An advocate of Japanese thought or culture.

Related terms

• Nipponophilia
• Nipponophilic