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Anglomania

American  
[ang-gluh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh] / ˌæŋ gləˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə /

noun

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


Anglomania British  
/ ˌæŋɡləʊˈmeɪnɪə /

noun

  1. excessive respect for English customs, etc

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Other Word Forms

  • Anglomaniac noun
  • Anglomaniacal adjective

Etymology

Origin of Anglomania

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

Example Sentences

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Buruma used the letters in an earlier book, “Anglomania: A European Love Affair.”

From Washington Post

Though she is not Scottish, Westwood also has history with tartan, famously creating her own pattern and clan for her 1993 Anglomania collection.

From The Guardian

However, it is unclear whether the items sourced from Easton for Anglomania have now been excised from the collection.

From The Guardian

Lowell was so heartily cosmopolitan that American newspapers accused him of Anglomania—which proves their provincialism but acquits him.

From Project Gutenberg

Anglomania which distinguished the time was nowhere more strongly shown than in the cast and direction of its philosophical speculations.

From Project Gutenberg