Anglomania
pronunciation
How to pronounce Anglomania in British English:
UK [ˌæŋɡləʊ'meɪnɪə]
How to pronounce Anglomania in American English:
US [ˌæŋɡloʊ'meɪnɪr]
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- Noun:
- an excessive enthusiasm for all things English
Word Origin
- Anglomania (n.)
- 1787; see Anglo- + mania. Related: Anglomaniac.
Example
- 1. Anglomania : tradition and transgression in british fashion .
- 2. Caught up in the egalitarian fervour of the revolution , the french succumbed to a veritable passion for all things english , aptly named anglomania , which exerted a sobering and simplifying effect on dress styles .
- 3. Yes , wintour came last season but that was because she was chairing the anglomania show at the metropolitan museum of art in new york - proof of her support for british designers - not because she had a change of heart about london .