Anglo-Saxonism

[ ang-gloh-sak-suh-niz-uhm ]

/ ˌæŋ gloʊˈsæk səˌnɪz əm /

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Origin of Anglo-Saxonism

First recorded in 1855–60; Anglo-Saxon + -ism

Words nearby Anglo-Saxonism

Anglophilia, Anglophobe, Anglophobia, Anglophone, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxonism, Anglosphere, Anglo-Venetian glass, Angola, Angolan, Angolese

How to use Anglo-Saxonism in a sentence

Anglo-Saxonism is a very good thing; simplicity and common sense are very good things too.
Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853|Various
With due allowance for her Anglo-Saxonism and honesty, she was the type of woman to whom “things happen.”
The Dust Flower|Basil King
He pretends that there is no difference between Anglo-Saxonism and Germanism.
England, Canada and the Great War|Louis-Georges Desjardins
A is an Anglo-Saxonism for in or on; as a'board, a'going, &c.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

In American colonization, Anglo-Saxonism was but a drop in the bucket.
Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886|Various