褒ほめ合あい

noun

mutual praise; logrolling

Refers to people praising each other, often with a negative connotation of insincere or self-serving mutual admiration. The English gloss 'logrolling tactics' is a political term for trading favors; in Japanese, it can be used more broadly for any mutual back-scratching praise.

• 会かい議ぎでは、部ぶ長ちょうたちの褒ほめ合あいが続つづいた。

  At the meeting, the department heads kept praising each other.

• SNSでの褒ほめ合あいは、時ときに不ふ自し然ぜんに見みえる。

  Mutual praise on social media sometimes looks unnatural.