A person who is obsessed with British culture is an Anglophile. Is there a word for a person who is obsessed with American culture (that is, the United States)?
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Americanophile, according to Merriam Webster:
a person who greatly admires or favors America or things from American culture
The word is also listen in the Oxford Dictionary Online.
Attribution:"Americanophile." Merriam-Webster. Accessed April 09, 2018. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Americanophile.
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1Was just about to answer this :) – user7886229 Apr 09 '18 at 00:11
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4Thank you! I'm embarrassed by how obvious the answer was ... – Anna K. Apr 09 '18 at 00:22
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2Nothing to be embarrassed about considering how uncommon this word is. There may be a better one out there still. – Thilo Apr 09 '18 at 06:36
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4I see many google results for Yankophile, but it's more slang-y. – Dylan Brams Apr 09 '18 at 07:22
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1@DylanBrams feel free to add that as an answer. – JJJ Apr 09 '18 at 13:04
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@DylanBrams: Indeed, Yankophile doesn't appear to exist in books (e.g., more formal writing) at all: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Americanophile%2CYankphile%2CYankophile&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CAmericanophile%3B%2Cc0 – T.J. Crowder Apr 09 '18 at 13:30
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What about "`murican"? – Bahrom Apr 09 '18 at 16:52
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1@Bahrom that seems to be a derogatory term for Americans (so it excludes non-Americans who are very fond of the US). – JJJ Apr 09 '18 at 16:54
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@JJJ fair enough. I've never seen it used in a positive context. – Bahrom Apr 09 '18 at 17:34