anglophilia

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/ˌæŋ.ɡləʊˈfɪ.li.ə/

Definition of anglophilia

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(uncountable)The love of the country, culture or people of England.

“Perhaps Anglophilia continues to play its part, but if I were one of the few surviving teachers of Anglo-Saxon I would rejoice at the way in which such terms as muggle and Wizengamot, and such names as Godric, Wulfric and Dumbledore, had become common currency.”
“But now, as a company with the word "British" in its name pisses apocalyptic quantities of oil into the ocean, and CEO Tony Hayward pops up on the news to make tactless statements in a British accent, anglophilia is shrivelling.”

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noun

(uncountable)The love of the country, culture or people of England.

“Perhaps Anglophilia continues to play its part, but if I were one of the few surviving teachers of Anglo-Saxon I would rejoice at the way in which such terms as muggle and Wizengamot, and such names as Godric, Wulfric and Dumbledore, had become common currency.”
“But now, as a company with the word "British" in its name pisses apocalyptic quantities of oil into the ocean, and CEO Tony Hayward pops up on the news to make tactless statements in a British accent, anglophilia is shrivelling.”
(alt-of, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of Anglophilia.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Anglo- + -philia, probably after Anglophile. Compare earlier Anglophilism and French anglophilie.

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