Anglo-Saxonism

[ ang-gloh-sak-suh-niz-uhm ]

noun

1. Saxonism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglo-Saxonism¹

First recorded in 1855–60; Anglo-Saxon + -ism

Example Sentences

Anglo-Saxonism is a very good thing; simplicity and common sense are very good things too.

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With due allowance for her Anglo-Saxonism and honesty, she was the type of woman to whom “things happen.”

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He pretends that there is no difference between Anglo-Saxonism and Germanism.

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A is an Anglo-Saxonism for in or on; as a'board, a'going, &c.

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In American colonization, Anglo-Saxonism was but a drop in the bucket.

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