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单词 anglomania
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Anglomanian.

Brit. /ˌaŋɡlə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/, U.S. /ˌæŋɡloʊˈmeɪniə/, /ˌæŋɡləˈmeɪniə/
Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Anglo- comb. form, -mania comb. form.
Etymology: < Anglo- comb. form + -mania comb. form, probably after French anglomanie Anglomany n. Compare Italian anglomania (1756). Compare earlier Anglomany n.In the following quot. as the name of a comic play, described by Shebbeare as ‘never..presented but privately’; no such work, in either French or English, has been identified:1755 J. Shebbeare Lett. on Eng. Nation II. l. 200 It is the French fashion to talk much of the superior excellency of the English..to so great a degree..that a gentleman has written a comedy, called the Anglomania.
Mania for what is English (or British); excessive admiration or enthusiasm for England (or Britain), its customs, fashions, etc.; (also) an instance of this.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [noun] > England > excessive
Anglomania1799
1799 tr. in Coll. State Papers War against France (1800) VIII. 312 Being neither infested with principles of Anglo-mania, nor with a leaven of aristocracy,..we wish to direct all our efforts..against the common enemy.
1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (new ed.) III. 131 Anglo-mania in France; followed by revolution in America.
1856 Sat. Rev. 2 237 Anglomania consisted chiefly in the adoption of frock-coats and top-boots as the national costume.
1904 Polit. Sci. Q. 19 12 The beginnings of an Anglomania are apparent, seen especially in the imitation of British pronunciation and social customs.
1995 S. Schama Landscape & Memory vi. 361 The visual mnemonics of tub-thumping Anglomania are there—the resting drum, the little cannon, the uniforms mingling with frock coats and Regency millinery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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