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Anglophilia

American  
[ang-gluh-fil-ee-uh] / ˌæŋ gləˈfɪl i ə /

noun

  1. a strong admiration or enthusiasm for England, its people, and things English.


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Etymology

Origin of Anglophilia

First recorded in 1895–90; Anglo- + -philia


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I’ve spent the last four decades trying to understand my Anglophilia.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2022

That should have been a clue to the extent of her Anglophilia, I now realize, along with her emphatic insistence that her children "speak the Queen's English" whenever we'd lapse into slang.

From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2020

Anglophilia constitutes a major subset of escapist entertainment, and one to which, I confess, I am particularly susceptible.

From Slate ● May 22, 2020

Having come down with an acute case of quarantine Anglophilia — I’ve read P.G.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2020

They transferred this Anglophilia to their six children and sixteen grandchildren.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

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