anglophilism

noun

an·​gloph·​i·​lism ˌaŋ-ˈglä-fə-ˌli-zəm 

ˈaŋ-glə-ˌfī-

variants or Anglophilism

: anglophilia

Maybe this book fostered my lifelong anglophilism, which has always been drawn more toward the wild moors of the North than the sedate farmland of Sussex.

—Russ Wellen, Scholars and Rogues, 25 Jan. 2009

Word History

Etymology

anglophile + -ism

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

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