celtomania

/ˌkɛltəʊˈmeɪniə/

celtomania means enthusiasm for or obsession with the Celts, typically based on pseudohistorical beliefs. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

celtomania is pronounced /ˌkɛltəʊˈmeɪniə/.

Why “celtomania” is a great word

CELTOMANIA — [Noun] An uncritical, often romanticized enthusiasm for or obsession with the Celts, typically fueled by pseudohistorical beliefs. From the combining form Celto- (pertaining to the Celts) and -mania (denoting excessive enthusiasm or obsession). Unlike Celtic studies, a rigorous academic discipline, or Celtoscepticism, a critical oppositional stance, Celtomania is the popular impulse to claim and remake a misty ancestral past. It is the Druid in synthetic robes at Stonehenge, the spurious clan tartan sold to tourists, and the fantasy of a lost empire stretching from Galicia to Galatia—a sentimental nationalism that builds identity from the fragments it wishes were true.

Etymology

From Celto- + -mania.

noun

enthusiasm for or obsession with the Celts, typically based on pseudohistorical beliefs“The image of druids skipping around dolmens is a mainstay of Celtomania.”