Meaning of Asiaphobic | Babel Free

Definitions

Having a fear or loathing of Asian people.

rare

Examples

“But be that as it may: the Great Russian chauvinist Voznesenskii knew exactly how best to touch⟳ upon the asiaphobic nerve of his fellow-countrymen, how to stimulate the deep-rooted irrational fears of the Russians of peril looming from Asia, and how to turn⟳ those fears against China.”

“Australian society has become⟳ less Asiaphobic in recent years, suggest⟳ Murray Goot and Ian Watson, allowing Howard to concentrate more heavily on Asia.”

“These three sorts of gesture in three sorts of film – the ethnonationalist Fist of Fury, the Orientalist/asiaphobic/asiaphiliac Enter⟳ the Dragon, and the postmodern/post-nationalist Game of Death – suggests that the 'event' of Bruce Lee was not 'one', but rather at least three.”

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