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Anglistics

Anglistics noun: synonym of English studies.

Noun

Anglistics (uncountable)

  1. (rare, humanities) Synonym of English studies.
    • The history of our English department thus begins with one of the greatest names that Anglistics in America has to offer.1927, Lawrence Counselman Wroth, editor, The Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine: Published in the Interest of the University and the Alumni, volume 15, Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, page 116
    • Regularly on the Continent, and widely in America as well, that part of Anglistics devoted to the editing of texts is called English philology.1930, Kemp Malone, “The Terminology of Anglistics.”, in The English Journal, volume 19, number 8, →JSTOR, page 643
    Synonyms:
    English studies

Synonyms of Anglistics

Forms of Anglistics

alternative formanglistics

Origin of Anglistics

Modification of German Anglistik, from Anglist (“Anglist or Anglicist”) + -ik (“-ics”). By surface analysis, Anglo- + -ist + -ics, Anglo- + -istics, or Anglist + -ics.

Questions about Anglistics

What does Anglistics mean?
Anglistics means synonym of English studies.
What part of speech is Anglistics?
Anglistics is a noun.

Words near Anglistics in the dictionary

  1. anglings
  2. Anglins
  3. Anglish
  4. Anglist
  5. Anglistic
  6. Anglistics
  7. Anglists
  8. anglo
  9. anglo concertina
  10. anglo-
  11. Anglo-America

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