Meanings
anglophilia1
- uncountableAlternative letter-case form of Anglophilia.
Anglophilia2
alternative anglophilia
- uncountableThe love of the country, culture or people of England.
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.
2010 June 14, Charlie Brooker, The Guardian1 more example
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.
2007 August 12, Christopher Hitchens, “Harry Potter: The Boy Who Lived”, in New York TimesSynonyms: Anglophilism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe love of the country, culture or people of England.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Anglophilia · noun
From Anglo- + -philia, probably after Anglophile. Compare earlier Anglophilism and French anglophilie.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan anglofília
- anglofíliathe love of the country, culture or people of England
French anglophilie
- anglophiliethe love of the country, culture or people of England
German Anglophilie, Englandfreundlichkeit
- Anglophiliethe love of the country, culture or people of England
- Englandfreundlichkeitthe love of the country, culture or people of England
Greek αγγλοφιλία
- αγγλοφιλία (anglofilía)the love of the country, culture or people of England
Italian anglofilia
- anglofiliathe love of the country, culture or people of England
Polish anglofilia, anglofilizm
- anglofiliathe love of the country, culture or people of England
- anglofilizmthe love of the country, culture or people of England
- anglofilstwothe love of the country, culture or people of England
Portuguese anglofilia
- anglofiliathe love of the country, culture or people of England
Spanish anglofilia
- anglofiliathe love of the country, culture or people of England
Cite this entry
anglophilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anglophilia
“anglophilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anglophilia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anglophilia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anglophilia.
Source: anglophilia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.