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Anglomania|æŋgləʊˈmeɪnɪə| Rarely adapted as anglomany. [f. Anglo- + Gr. µανία madness (see mania), imitating Fr. anglomanie.] A mania for what is English; an excessive admiration of English customs, etc.
1787T. Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 161 A little disposition to Anglomania. 1805Ibid. (1830) IV. 33 Till Anglomany..yields to Americanism. 1809Coleridge Friend vi. ii. (1867) 297 Anglo-mania in France, followed by revolution in America. 1856Sat. Rev. II. 237 Anglomania consisted chiefly in the adoption of frock-coats and top-boots as the national costume. |