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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An intense hatred or fear of England, or of whatever is English.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The hatred or fear of England and anything English (or British).

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Intense dread of, or aversion to, England or the English.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. dislike (or fear) of Britain and British customs

Etymologies

  1. From Anglo- + -phobia. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • Anglophobia is always liable to reversal, hence that fairly common spectacle, the pacifist of one war who is a bellicist in the next.”

    Notes on Nationalism

  • “The bad-tempered Cooper, says Mr. Richardson, had "paranoia: paranoia made for Anglophobia, the only form of patriotism that he permitted himself.”

    The Wall Street Journal: A Shortsighted View of Picasso

  • “One son threatens to beat his ass with his head and one daughter is given to candid Anglophobia.”

    An Englishman in Dixie

  • “The diversionary tactic of arguing that anyone arguing the anti-Islamist case is tarring 'All 1.5 Billion Muslims with The Same Brush!!' must now be sent to the rhetorical dustbin, along with the 'We Didn't Call IRA Terrorists' Catholic 'Terrorists!!' and the 'Muslims are the New Jews!!' devices, beloved of the Guardian crowd in their Anglophobia and naivity.”

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...

  • “The Thatcher years also fed an ancient undercurrent of Anglophobia.”

    Newsweek: Blue, White, Red

  • “Thoreau in the context of early national Anglophobia in”

    Introduction: A History of Transatlantic Romanticism

  • “England; for rabid, I see you are; I read Anglophobia in your looks, and hear it in your words.”

    The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte

  • “This legacy alone is enough to inspire virulent Anglophobia in any democracy-loving American.”

    First past the bloody post

  • “I was surprised at the number of Englishmen I met who complained of the Anglophobia of the Scots- one in particular was upset that most Scots felt that it was only a small minority of the population that was responsible and failed to appreciate the subtle ways in which the media and wider society perpetuated prejudice.”

    Archive 2006-11-01

  • “This imbalance, combined with British charm, confirmed Adams's basic Anglophobia.”

    Simon & Schuster: America's First Dynasty

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