The term Anglophobia is formed with the prefix Anglo- (referring to "English") and the noun phobia (rejection of something or someone). Anglophobia, therefore, is a phobia that is experienced in front of the English.
Who has Anglophobia feels disgust or rejection of that or that which is originally from England. Usually this position is reflected in a animadversion to the culture english or the town of said nation.
Anglophobia often spreads socially from historical events or from politics applied by the English authorities. In the case of Argentina, to mention one case, there is a marked Anglophobia in much of society due to the conflict that exists around the Falkland Islands, called Falkland Islands by the British.
According to the position of the South American country, the Falkland Islands They belong to their national territory for historical and geographical reasons, with which they should be administered by the Argentine State. The English, on the other hand, consider that the archipelago is part of the UK for story and, in fact, they rule that island region as a British Overseas Territory. On Argentina, Anglophobia was strengthened after the war of 1982.
On Ireland there is also an intense Anglophobia born from the domination exercised by the English for many centuries and from persecution motivated by religious reasons. Anglophobia also appears in Quebec, Province French-speaking Canadian who suffered the consequences of the English conquest of New france in the century XVIII.
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