n. 1) one who admires Asia and its culture, 2) one who loves or has a strong affinity or preference for Asia, its culture, its language, and its people.
David studied Mandarin in Beijin for a year and Japanese in Tokyo for a year. He is planning to go back to Beijin for furthering his study on Mandarin and Taoism this year. You can say that he is quite an Asianophile.
The term applies to a non-Asian person particularly a white man who has yellow fever. Thinks all Asian chicks are hot, usually can't tell the difference between a homely and a cute one just as long as she is Asian.
A none asian male who prefers asian women. This attracation is based on shallow perceptions and media stereotypes of asian women.An asianphile believes asian women are better to screw aroud with because they think they are more submissive and much weaker.
A white western male who has a pathological, sexual obsession with asians and their culture.
also see: Anglophile (common amongst the japanese usually older independent japanese women preying on young white males for sex), inter-racial relationship, racial stigma, racism.
symptoms can be alleviated via the patients own internal analysis.
Sufferers may experience loss of interest in western life (post colonial angst) and in the worst cases have sexual fantasies of exotic interracial love.