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Anglomania
[ ang-gluh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ]
noun
- an intense admiration of, interest in, or tendency to imitate English institutions, manners, customs, etc.
Anglomania
/ ˌæŋɡləʊˈmeɪnɪə /
noun
- excessive respect for English customs, etc
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Derived Forms
- ˌAngloˈmaniˌac, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- An·glo·ma·ni·ac [ang-gloh-, mey, -nee-ak], noun
- An·glo·ma·ni·ac·al [ang-gloh-m, uh, -, nahy, -, uh, -k, uh, l], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Anglomania1
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Example Sentences
If anglomania was unknown to France in the seventeenth century, yet Frenchmen were found who appreciated England.
In all these manifestations of gallomania and incipient anglomania, there is ample matter for ridicule.
His wife would not chill the ardor of his early Anglomania, and in this, as in everything, she wished to humor him to the utmost.
I know your taste for the works of art gives you a little disposition to Anglomania.
This Anglomania showed itself, not only in ceaseless political agitation, but also in an elaborate imitation of English manners.
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