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gastro-diplomacy

gastro-diplomacy is the alternative form of gastrodiplomacy.

Meaning of gastrodiplomacy

Noun

gastrodiplomacy (uncountable)

  1. A type of cultural diplomacy where relations between representatives of different cultures are improved by the means of gastronomy and the promotion of national cuisines.
    • Gastro-diplomacy [title] "P W who …?" Mr William Clark is reputed to have said when he was being quizzed for the job of American Assistant Secretary of State. Well, whatever political reminders he might now have, he will never forget our prime minister [P. W. Botha] after being given so memorable a...1981, “The Star: Gastro-diplomacy”, in South African Digest: Fortnightly Digest of South African Affairs, Pretoria: Department of Information, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20, column 3
    Synonyms:
    culinary diplomacy

Questions about gastro-diplomacy

What is gastro-diplomacy the alternative form of?
Gastro-diplomacy is the alternative form of gastrodiplomacy.

Words near gastro-diplomacy in the dictionary

  1. gastriques
  2. gastritides
  3. gastritis
  4. gastro
  5. gastro-
  6. gastro-diplomacy
  7. gastro-oesophageal
  8. gastro-resistant
  9. gastro-œsophageal
  10. gastroadenocarcinoma
  11. gastroadenocarcinomas

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