gastrodiplomacy
Syllables: gas·tro·di·plom·a·cy/ˌɡæstɹəʊdɪˈpləʊməsi/US/ˌɡæstɹoʊdɪˈploʊməsi/
gastrodiplomacy noun: 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.
Noun
gastrodiplomacy (uncountable)
- 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
- Emperor; King of all Spain, of Castile, of Aragon, and of Granada; ruler of half Italy; heir to the Burgundian tradition of courtly chivalry; the Prince of Christendom who, in his gastro-diplomacy of public overeating and prodigious drinking, […]2008, Robert Goodwin, Crossing the Continent 1527–1540: The Story of the First African-American Explorer of the American South, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN; 1st Harper paperback edition, New...
- Synonyms:
- culinary diplomacy
gastrodiplomacy meaning in Arabic and Persian
gastrodiplomacy in Arabic
- type of cultural diplomacy where relations between representatives of different cultures are improved by the means of gastronomy and the promotion of national cuisines
- دبلوماسية الطهى
gastrodiplomacy in Persian
- type of cultural diplomacy where relations between representatives of different cultures are improved by the means of gastronomy and the promotion of national cuisines
- دیپلماسی غذایی
Examples of gastrodiplomacy in a sentence
- The phenomenon of modern "gastrodiplomacy" got its start in Thailand.2012, “Food Diplomacy Next Front for South’s Countries”, in Cosmas Gitta, editor, Southern Innovator: A Magazine Celebrating South-South...
- For example, Peru has been one of the more recent converts to gastrodiplomacy.2016, Atsuko Ichijo, Ronald Ranta, “National Food in the International Context”, in Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday...
Synonyms of gastrodiplomacy
- culinary diplomacy
Forms of gastrodiplomacy
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Origin of gastrodiplomacy
From gastro- (“of or relating to cooking”) + diplomacy.
Questions about gastrodiplomacy
- What does gastrodiplomacy mean?
- Gastrodiplomacy means 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.
- What is gastrodiplomacy in Arabic?
- Gastrodiplomacy in Arabic is دبلوماسية الطهى. See Gastrodiplomacy meaning in Arabic.
- How do you use gastrodiplomacy in a sentence?
- The phenomenon of modern "gastrodiplomacy" got its start in Thailand.
- What part of speech is gastrodiplomacy?
- Gastrodiplomacy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gastrodiplomacy?
- Gastrodiplomacy is pronounced /ˌɡæstɹəʊdɪˈpləʊməsi/ (UK).
Words near gastrodiplomacy in the dictionary
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