Anglophobia
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- Anglophobiac adjective
- Anglophobic adjective
Etymology
Origin of Anglophobia
Example Sentences
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The curious thing about that is that they’ve played five Europa League games against English clubs and won three of them, so it seems they suffer from entirely competition-specific Anglophobia.
From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2021
But it was precisely that sense of security which steered him away from name-calling Anglophobia or from joining the militant end of Irish Republicanism.
From Economist • Sep. 29, 2016
Anglophobia at Moscow, capital of Soviet Russia, received yet another boost from the Marquis Curzon, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the exasperating social psychology that Mr. Howe considers strong evidence of English decay, English critics explain his Anglophobia by saying blandly that he did not enjoy his stay at Cambridge 17 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jefferson’s Anglophobia was more virulent in part because it was more theoretical, a moral conclusion that followed naturally from the moralistic categories he carried around in his head.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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