An excessive admiration for or enthusiasm about French culture, language, fashions, or ideas.
From Franco- (relating to France) plus the Greek -mania (excessive enthusiasm or obsession). This term emerged in the 18th-19th centuries to describe the widespread cultural influence of French culture in Europe.
In the 1700s, French culture became so fashionable across Europe that speaking with a French accent and wearing French fashions was literally essential for upper-class status—it was the original cultural soft power.
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