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Meaning of Yankophilic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Fond of or admiring the United States or American culture.

informal, not-comparable

Examples

“The local, predominantly white bourgeoisie tended to disparage salsa as música de monos—monkey music—just as in Puerto Rico, affluent, Yankophilic rock fans (rockeros) deprecated salsa lovers by the similarly racist term cocolos (loosely, “coconut-heads”).”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Yankunytjatjara Yanomaman yantric Yapese yapped yappier

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