单词 | anglophobia |
释义 | Anglophobia in American English (ˌæŋgloʊˈfoʊbiə) US noun [often a-] hatred or fear of England or its people, culture, customs, influence, etc. Derived forms Anglophobic (ˌAngloˈphobic) (ˌæŋgləˈfoʊbɪk) adjective Anglophobia in American English (ˌæŋɡləˈfoubiə) noun a hatred or fear of England or anything English Derived forms Anglophobiac (ˌæŋɡləˈfoubiˌæk) Anglophobic adjective Word origin [1785–95, Amer.; anglo- + -phobia]This word is first recorded in the period 1785–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: commando, depot, edit, logrolling, plateau-phobia is a combining form meaning “fear,” occurring in loanwords from Greek (hydrophobia). On this model, -phobia is used in the names of mental disorders that have the general sense “dread of, aversiontoward” that specified by the initial element. Other words that use the affix -phobia include: aerophobia, agoraphobia, aviophobia, gerontophobia, photophobia |
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