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English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From fan +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

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.

Derived terms

Translations

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

Synonyms

Further reading

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

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:
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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

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