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Yet their overt Anglophilia is a testament to the capaciousness of identity, to the back-and-forth desires of assimilation and distinction.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

“What should have been an easy cash-in — cute pups with a splash of Anglophilia thrown in — has somehow morphed into something deeply unpleasant, and in no way suitable for children,” the Independent wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2021

That should have been a clue to the extent of her Anglophilia, I now realize, along with her emphatic insistence that her children "speak the Queen's English" whenever we'd lapse into slang.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2020

Anglophilia constitutes a major subset of escapist entertainment, and one to which, I confess, I am particularly susceptible.

From Slate • May 22, 2020

Chacko said that going to see The Sound of Music was an extended exercise in Anglophilia.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy