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  • noun Alternative capitalization of Anglophilia

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Examples

  • And why I was careful to point out that my anglophilia is lifelong, not a recent phenomenon.

    The State of Science Fiction, Part III Lou Anders 2006

  • It has proven, hands down, that anglophilia is neither a punishable offense or a dirty word.

    PBS' corporate-sponsor-less "Masterpiece" to thank individual sponsors on-air Lisa de Moraes 2011

  • If Carter represented the Eastern establishment and anglophilia, Zeitlin was a friend of many California literary figures, and helped to launch the Primavera Press, an independent publishing company.

    Archive 2009-07-22 Lynne M Thomas 2009

  • Because ā€“ as Nietzsche and Machiavelli and Choderlos de Laclos and Madonna (pre-anglophilia and all that English Roses crap) have always said ā€“ bad is much, much more interesting than good.

    Iā€™m Not Bad, I Just Blog That Way | Her Bad Mother 2007

  • If Carter represented the Eastern establishment and anglophilia, Zeitlin was a friend of many California literary figures, and helped to launch the Primavera Press, an independent publishing company.

    RBMS Summary: Plenary III Lynne M Thomas 2009

  • If so, such behavior would be completely consistent with an exaggerated and sycophantic anglophilia that was one of Tuck's defining characteristics and which he carried to the extent of affecting a British accent -- though he was born on Staten Island.

    Jim Tuck's homepage, biography and published works 2006

  • If so, such behavior would be completely consistent with an exaggerated and sycophantic anglophilia that was one of Tuck's defining characteristics and which he carried to the extent of affecting a British accent -- though he was born on Staten Island.

    Jim Tuck's homepage, biography and published works 2006

  • That said, I might have been less critical if there was a discussion of Midwest ghosts, since anglophilia things are so old over there! bores me.

    Saving a historic library 2008

  • This is the root of my anglophilia: I'm jealous of the naff plates.

    E. A. Hanks: Looking For A New England 2008

  • Now, certainly, one look at the Pyr catalog and you know I've got a strong predilection for British and Australian speculative fiction, though at least in the case of UK fiction, this is a life-long anglophilia more to do with a certain quality of prose than trends in contemporary narratives.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Lou Anders 2006

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