fandom

From fan + -dom.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfændəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ændəm

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, especially of TV shows.
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.

• See Category:en:Fans (people), for various names of different fandoms.

From English fandom.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛndɔm/ [ˈfen.dɔm]
• Rhymes: -ɛndɔm
• Syllabification: fan‧dom

fandom (plural fandom-fandom)

1. fandom

   Synonym: kepenggemaran

• “fandom”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from English fandom.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfan.dɔm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -andɔm
• Syllabification: fan‧dom

fandom m inan

1. fandom (subculture of fans)

• “fandom”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “fandom”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Unadapted borrowing from English fandom.

• Hyphenation: fan‧dom

fandom m (plural fandoms)

1. fandom

• fã

Borrowed from English fandom.

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

fandom m (plural fandoms)

1. fandom