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Anglophobia

[ ang-gluh-foh-bee-uh ]

noun

  1. an aversion or hostility to, disdain for, or fear of England or anything English.


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Other Words From

  • An·glo·pho·bi·ac [ang-gl, uh, -, foh, -bee-ak], An·glo·pho·bic adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglophobia1

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

I need scarcely adduce further evidence of the fact that Anglophobia is still a power in the land, if not the power it once was.

Apparently the amount of Anglophobia was not portentous, when it came to putting this emotion to the test of counting heads.

He practically admitted that the Anglophobia so common on the continent of Europe is the outcome of jealousy.

Anglophobia, as a national and popular sentiment, is perhaps more ardent in the United States than amongst us.

Blesman was plainly in league against all that was British; from the first he displayed Anglophobia of a most acute character.

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