Many of us have love, a deep fondness for other cultures, or countries; others are besotted or have an affliction for another culture. The suffix "philia" expresses these sentiments to convey the object of said interest/desire. A Sinophile is one who has strong admiration/affection** for Chinese culture, its language/s, dialects, the history, and so forth. Related to interest in cultures known and earlier imbibed by empires, part of the Old World., etc, as in the Greek, Irish, Spanish, Persian, more recently Japanese. Of course cultures are fluid and the meanings and implications get layered and compounded, giving rise to newer philias, and their corresponding enthusiasts. ** as in more than a glancing interest
Portugal/ Lusitania: Lusophile (Lusophila); Lusophonia, Lusomania, Lusitanian (Lusitani), Lusophobe, Lusophobia, Lusitanic, Lusophones, Lusotopic, Lusitic, etc. Also, Indo-Lustanian, etc. Some not obvious "philes/philias" are Lacanophile, love of things/ideas Spanish Slavophile, Slavs, Slavic. Slavophillsm developed in Russia. Russophile, Russia Scandophile, Scandinavia Persophile/Iranphile, Persia/Iran Armenophile, Armenia Hibernophile, Irish Scotophile, Scottish Estophile, Estonia Hellonophile, Greek Indophile, India. Btw, a wine connoisseurs would be known as a oenophile. Onenophilia, may be used to refer to the generic fondness towards good wine by normal people, not a sommeliers, or an aficionado. ++++++++++++ venantius j pinto
