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A Canadaphile (also Canadophile, Canadiophile, Canadaphilic[1] or Canadaphiliac)[2] is a person, typically not Canadian, who admires Canada, its people, culture, and languages (mainly English and French).[3][4]
Etymology
[edit]The word combines the name of the country Canada with the suffix -phile, from the Ancient Greek adjective φίλος (phílos), meaning "loving" or "dear". It follows the same nineteenth- and twentieth-century pattern of nationality-based coinages as Francophile, Anglophile, and Russophile, which describe enthusiasts of a particular country or culture. The antonym is Canadophobe, denoting hostility toward Canada.
Usage
[edit]The term has appeared in journalism and literary criticism since at least the late twentieth century, generally to describe non-Canadians with a marked interest in the country. A reviewer for Publishers Weekly characterised the American journalist Lansing Lamont as an "American Canadaphile" in describing his 1994 study of Canadian national unity, Breakup: The Coming End of Canada and the Stakes for America.[5] Newspaper columnists have likewise used the label self-referentially, as in a 2008 column titled "Confessions of a Canadophile".[6]
In academic and literary contexts, the adjective Canadophile has been applied to communities of foreign readers and scholars engaged with Canadian literature; the literary scholar Reingard M. Nischik, for instance, notes the strong interest in Canadian short fiction among "Canadophile" German-speaking countries.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Ling, Justin. "No More Mr. Nice Canada". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ↑ "Cheaper By the Dozen". The New Yorker. 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ↑ "Achenblog – Booze Or Alien Abduction?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2021-08-25.[dead link]
- ↑ "The Vancouver Sun". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia. 22 June 1995. p. 19. Retrieved 2021-08-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Breakup: The Coming End of Canada and the Stakes for America". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
- ↑ Jenkins, Rob (4 September 2008). "Confessions of a Canadophile". Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ↑ Nischik, Reingard M., ed. (2007). "Preface". The Canadian Short Story: Interpretations. Boydell & Brewer. pp. ix–x. ISBN 978-1-57113-688-6. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
