Anglophilia

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See also: anglophilia

English

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Etymology

From Anglo- +‎ -philia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌæŋ.ɡləʊˈfɪ.li.ə/

Noun

Anglophilia (uncountable)

  1. The love of the country, culture or people of England.
    • 2007 August 12, Christopher Hitchens, “Harry Potter: The Boy Who Lived”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.
    • 2010 June 14, Charlie Brooker, The Guardian:
      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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