Anglomania

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An exaggerated fondness for or obsession with English customs, institutions, and manners
2. An excessive enthusiasm for things English, including the language, literature, traditions, and way of life
3. A disproportionate admiration of English culture, institutions, or character traits

Etymology: Anglomania is formed from "Anglo-", the combining form of "English" (from Latin "Anglus"), and "-mania", the suffix from Greek "mania", meaning madness or an obsessive craze. Put together, it names an excessive admiration for things English, whether the language, customs, fashions or institutions. The pattern is simple and visible in the parts. "Anglo-" appears in many compounds that describe a mixed or English-related subject, while "-mania" attaches to many nouns for passions, from "Francomania" to "bibliomania". Anglomania therefore describes a fascination with England that has grown into a fixation, the opposite pole of the rivalries that the word's parts were often used to describe.

Synonyms: Anglophilia, love of England

Antonyms: Anglophobia