Anglodom

Anglodom

English

Alternative forms

• anglodom

Etymology

From Anglo +‎ -dom.

Noun

Anglodom (uncountable)

1. The realm, sphere, or influence of English or Anglo-American language or culture.
   • 1902, William Cowper Conant, Salvation:

     [...] to the less congenial soil of Scotland, New and Old England, and is still nourished in spiritual hothouses, in forms at once captivating and perplexing to the practical pious mind of Anglodom.

   • 1910, Lafcadio Hearn, Elizabeth Bisland, The Japanese letters of Lafcadio Hearn:

     Our civilization, with all its aspirations, is industrial and commercial — and there is no morality in that competition worth priding ourselves upon. It isn't Yankeedom more than it is Anglodom.

   • 1987, Adelaide M. Cromwell, Dynamics of the African/Afro-American connection:

     [...] and where English-speaking Africans will wage the liberation struggle, the primacy of "anglodom" in the African world is likely to continue in the future.