Anglophilia
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The love of the country, culture or people of England. uncountable
"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."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Anglophilia. alt-of, uncountable
- 3 admiration for Britain and British customs wordnet
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More examples"My high-school brown-haired friend Kevin boastfully adored everything about his English heritage, from the Rolls Royce to the Royal Family. He sometimes wore a black top hat for fun. One day, my gang with Kevin discussed the intrusion of Latin into the English language. He gleefully cited the word "fix" as a true Anglo-Saxon word, which I negated, indicating that it really derived from the Latin "fīgere." He knew that as a Filipino, I had also Roman ancestors. Kevin was like redheaded Michael in Grade 5, my first elementary grade on Lulu Island. He too was keen on Anglophilia."
Etymology
From Anglo- + -philia, probably after Anglophile. Compare earlier Anglophilism and French anglophilie.
From anglo- + -philia.
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