Anglophobia

[ ang-gluh-foh-bee-uh ]

/ ˌæŋ gləˈfoʊ bi ə /

a hatred or fear of England or anything English.

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An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; Anglo- + -phobia

An·glo·pho·bi·ac

[ang-gluh-foh-bee-ak] /ˌæŋ gləˈfoʊ biˌæk/, An·glo·pho·bic, adjective

He was appalled at the outburst of Anglophobia and war-talk which followed the message.
The Letters of William James, Vol. II|William James
He practically admitted that the Anglophobia so common on the continent of Europe is the outcome of jealousy.
Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913|Evelyn Baring
Much of this is due to anglophobia; much to a genuine ignorance of the matter.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May, 1900|Various
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

Apparently the amount of Anglophobia was not portentous, when it came to putting this emotion to the test of counting heads.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I|Burton J. Hendrick