Anglophobia


a hatred or fear of England or anything English.
Historical Examples

He was appalled at the outburst of Anglophobia and war-talk which followed the message.
The Letters of William James, Vol. II William James

And as to the name itself, there is hydrophobia, and photophobia, and Anglophobia—so why not microbophobia?
The Unpopular Review Vol. I Various

He practically admitted that the Anglophobia so common on the continent of Europe is the outcome of jealousy.
Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 Evelyn Baring

As for the Anglophobia, the Englishman who thinks the less of him for that must have very poor and unhappy brains.
The Human Comedy Honore de Balzac

Apparently the amount of Anglophobia was not portentous, when it came to putting this emotion to the test of counting heads.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I Burton J. Hendrick

Anglophobia, as a national and popular sentiment, is perhaps more ardent in the United States than amongst us.
Old and New Paris, v. 2 Henry Sutherland Edwards

I need scarcely adduce further evidence of the fact that Anglophobia is still a power in the land, if not the power it once was.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections William Archer

It is often forgotten that this time was not in France a period of Anglophobia, but of Anglomania.
With Americans of Past and Present Days J. J. Jusserand

Baroudi had been brought up in an atmosphere of Anglophobia.
Bella Donna Robert Hichens

On another occasion, the same critic tells us, Douglas “raved an hour about democracy and Anglophobia and universal empire.”
Stephen Arnold Douglas William Garrott Brown

n.

1793, from Anglo- + -phobia. Related: Anglophobe; Anglophobic.

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