Anglophilia

See also: anglophilia

English

Alternative forms

• anglophilia

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.

Antonyms

• Anglophobia

Related terms

• Anglophile
• Anglophilic

Translations

the love of the country, culture or people of England

• Catalan: anglofília f
• French: anglophilie (fr) f
• Galician: anglofilia f
• German: Anglophilie (de) f, Englandfreundlichkeit f
• Greek: αγγλοφιλία f (anglofilía)
• Italian: anglofilia f
• Manx: graih Hostyn m
• Polish: anglofilia f, anglofilizm m, anglofilstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: anglofilia f
• Spanish: anglofilia f
• Volapük: Linglänilöf

See also

• Anglomania