Anglistics en · NOUN
Etymology
Modification of German Anglistik, from Anglist (“Anglist or Anglicist”) + -ik (“-ics”). By surface analysis, Anglo- + -ist + -ics, Anglo- + -istics, or Anglist + -ics.
Meanings
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(qualifier:humanities, rare, uncountable) Synonym of English studies.
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: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| anglistics | alternative | lexicographic |