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English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From fan +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfændəm/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ændəm

Noun

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:
      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, 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

Etymology

From English fandom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: fan‧dom

Noun

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

  1. fandom

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Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English fandom.

Pronunciation

Noun

fandom m inan

  1. fandom (subculture of fans)

Declension

Declension of fandom
singular plural
nominative fandom fandomy
genitive fandomu fandomów
dative fandomowi fandomom
accusative fandom fandomy
instrumental fandomem fandomami
locative fandomie fandomach
vocative fandomie fandomy

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fandom.

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: fan‧dom

Noun

fandom m (plural fandoms)

  1. fandom

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Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

Borrowed from English fandom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfandom/
  • Rhymes: -andom
  • Syllabification: fan‧dom

Noun

fandom m (plural fandoms)

  1. fandom
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