Anglomania

[ang-gluh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh]

noun

an intense admiration of, interest in, or tendency to imitate English institutions, manners, customs, etc.

Origin of Anglomania

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90; Anglo- + mania

Related formsAn·glo·ma·ni·ac

[ang-gloh-mey-nee-ak] /ˌæŋ gloʊˈmeɪ niˌæk/, nounAn·glo·ma·ni·ac·al

[ang-gloh-muh-nahy-uh-kuh l] /ˌæŋ gloʊ məˈnaɪ ə kəl/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for anglomania

Historical Examples of anglomania

Our Anglomania, in fact , is grown considerable; prophetic of much.
The French Revolution
Thomas Carlyle
The change has come about through the Anglomania which, within recent years, has attacked Parisian society.
In Vanity Fair
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
He feared it would introduced English influence and Anglomania without their gaining any similar influence in England.
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
James Wycliffe Headlam
It is often forgotten that this time was not in France a period of Anglophobia, but of Anglomania.
With Americans of Past and Present Days
J. J. Jusserand
I know your taste for the works of art gives you little disposition to Anglomania.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson

British Dictionary definitions for anglomania

Anglomania

noun

excessive respect for English customs, etc

Derived FormsAnglomaniac, noun, adjective

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Word Origin and History for anglomania

Anglomania

1787; see Anglo- + mania. Related: Anglomaniac.