Sinophobe

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who harbors fear, dislike, or prejudice against Chinese people or Chinese culture, often manifesting in avoidance or hostility
2. An individual exhibiting aversion or antagonism toward anything related to China or its citizens, frequently expressed through discriminatory attitudes or behavior
3. Someone who shows irrational apprehension or negative bias against Chinese individuals or China-related matters, sometimes resulting in social or cultural exclusion

Etymology: Sinophobe combines two parts: "Sino-", from the Greek "Sinai" or "Sinae," an old name for the Chinese, and "-phobe," from the Greek "phobos," meaning fear or dread, with the suffix denoting a person who holds that fear. Put together, the pieces describe someone who fears or dislikes China and its people, and the word follows the same pattern as "Anglophobe" or "Francophobe." The "Sino-" element itself is a learned combining form, built on classical sources rather than inherited from ancient speakers. Writers in English used it to form modern terms about China and Chinese matters, so the word is a product of that later vocabulary-building rather than something that passed down from antiquity.

Synonyms: china-phobe, sinophobic person

Antonyms: sinophile