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From fan +‎ -dom.

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fandom (countable and uncountable, plural fandoms)

  1. The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group.
    Synonyms: fan base, fanship, fanhood
    Antonyms: anti-fandom, hatedom
    • 1896, Washington Post October 10, 1896, p. 8, column 6
      "'Who is this Swain?' is the question that is being bowled about in local fandom."
    • 2021 July 26, Lauren Sarner, quoting Kevin Smith, “Kevin Smith on ‘Masters of the Universe’ and fan backlash”, in New York Post[1]:
      So I was like, ‘When this comes out, fans are going to lose their s–t!’ And I was half-right. I’ve watched fandoms get mad at creators before like Rian Johnson on ‘The Last Jedi.’
  2. The subculture of fans.
  3. The state, quality, or condition of being a fan.
    • 2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions[2], volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219–257:
      Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From English fandom.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛndɔm]
  • Hyphenation: fan‧dom

Noun

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fandom (first-person possessive fandomku, second-person possessive fandommu, third-person possessive fandomnya)

  1. fandom

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English fandom.

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fandom m inan

  1. fandom (subculture of fans)

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Further reading

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  • fandom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fandom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English fandom.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɐ̃.dõ/, /fɐ̃ˈdõ/, (careful pronunciatom) /ˈfẽ.dõ/

  • Hyphenation: fan‧dom

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fandom m (plural fandoms)

  1. fandom
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English fandom.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfandom/ [ˈfãn̪.d̪õm]
  • Rhymes: -andom
  • Syllabification: fan‧dom

Noun

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fandom m (plural fandoms)

  1. fandom