# People who like Americans...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-like-americans/193386>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 6, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-like-americans/193386 "2003-08-06T18:36:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-like-americans/193386/1 "2003-08-06T18:36:52Z")

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People who like the French are Francophiles.  
People who like the English are Anglophiles.  
People who like the Chinese are Sinophiles.  
Is there a related term for people (like me) that like Americans?

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**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-like-americans/193386/2 "2003-08-06T18:56:46Z")

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No-one’s ever had the need to invent a word for someone who likes America - 'cos they don’t exist 😃

There’s no direct equivalent, except the slang word - ‘yankophile’, but ‘Americanist’ can have pretty much the equivalent meaning as the above examples.