gallomania means an obsession with, or excessive admiration of, all things French. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “gallomania” is a great word
GALLOMANIA — [Noun] An excessive or pathological obsession with France and all things French. From the combining form Gallo- (from Latin Gallus, "a Gaul, an inhabitant of France") + -mania (from Greek mania, "madness, frenzy"). Unlike francophilia, which suggests a temperate appreciation, or xenomania, which implies a diffuse obsession with all foreignness, gallomania denotes a specific, all-consuming fervor. It is the desperate affectation of a Parisian accent in Ohio, the meticulous curation of a cellar stocked only with Bordeaux, and the quiet despair that a local croissant lacks the lamination of one from the Rue du Bac—a performance of identity that mistakes the souvenir for the soul.
Etymology
From Gallo- (“French”) + -mania.
noun
- An obsession with, or excessive admiration of, all things French.