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单词 anglophony
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Anglophonyn.

Brit. /aŋˈɡlɒfəni/, U.S. /æŋˈɡlɑfəni/, /ˈæŋɡloʊˌfoʊni/, /ˈæŋɡləˌfoʊni/
Forms: 1900s– Anglophonie, 1900s– Anglophony. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Anglo- comb. form, -phony comb. form.
Etymology: < Anglo- comb. form + -phony comb. form, after Francophonie n. or its etymon French francophonie. Compare earlier Anglophonia n., and also earlier anglophone n., anglophone adj.Quot. 1969 apparently shows an isolated remodelling of French francophonie after anglo- Anglo- comb. form.
The community of English-speaking people or countries. Also: spoken English, esp. considered prevalent or dominant.
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1969 Jrnl. Contemp. Hist. 4 125 This does not mean France would adhere to francophonie, any more than the USA adheres to ‘anglophonie’.]
1988 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Dec. 1445/2 Anglophony all round muffles the Italian. A glum evening.
1990 Observer 7 Jan. 40/8 Randolph Quirk fires a warning shot or two at the dreamers of a universal Anglophony.
2005 Canad. Ethnic Stud. Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 June 124 The omnipresence of Anglophonie seems inescapable, at least until some other culture..finds a way to supersede it.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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