"fandom" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfændəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fandom.wav Forms: fandoms [plural]
Rhymes: -ændəm Etymology: From fan + -dom. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fan|dom}} fan + -dom Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fandom (countable and uncountable, plural fandoms)
  1. The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives Synonyms: fan base, fanship, fanhood Translations (fans taken as a group): 粉絲圈 (Chinese Mandarin), 粉丝圈 (fěnsīquān) (Chinese Mandarin), fanikunta (Finnish), faniyhteisö (Finnish), kannattajakunta (Finnish), Fangemeinde [feminine] (German), Fans [masculine, plural] (German), ચાહકજગત (cāhkajgat) (Gujarati), ファンダム (fandamu) (Japanese), 界隈 (Japanese), 팬덤 (paendeom) (Korean), kepeminatan (Malay), kepenggemaran (Malay), боле́льщики (bolélʹščiki) [masculine, plural] (Russian), поклонники (poklonniki) [masculine, plural] (Russian), поклонницы (poklonnicy) [feminine, plural] (Russian), afición [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fandom-en-noun-xgqoPiwz Disambiguation of Collectives: 73 22 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -dom, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 7 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -dom: 64 12 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 81 10 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 76 8 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 75 12 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Gujarati translations: 79 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 79 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 86 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 73 13 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 79 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 79 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 60 11 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 70 15 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 9 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 79 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 79 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 79 8 13 Disambiguation of 'fans taken as a group': 64 28 8
  2. The subculture of fans. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fandom Translations (subculture of fans): فاندوم (Arabic), 迷文化 (míwénhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 粉絲文化 (Chinese Mandarin), 粉丝文化 (Chinese Mandarin), 粉都 (Chinese Mandarin), fanikulttuuri (Finnish), kepenggemaran (Indonesian), ファンダム (fandamu) (Japanese), 팬덤 (paendeom) (Korean), fandomas [masculine] (Lithuanian), fendomas [masculine] (Lithuanian), kepeminatan (Malay), fandom [masculine] (Polish), фэ́ндом (fɛ́ndom) [masculine] (Russian), субкульту́ра (subkulʹtúra) [feminine] (Russian), fandom [masculine] (Spanish), fanaticada [feminine] (Spanish), afición [feminine] (Spanish), แฟนดอม (Thai), โลกของผู้หลงใหล (Thai), ด้อม (dɔ̂m) (Thai), cộng đồng người hâm mộ (Vietnamese), văn hóa người hâm mộ (Vietnamese), פֿאַנדאָם (fandom) (Yiddish), פֿאַנבאַזע (fanbaze) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-fandom-en-noun-kkZZmdP5 Disambiguation of Fandom: 27 56 16 Disambiguation of 'subculture of fans': 8 88 4
  3. The state, quality, or condition of being a fan. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state, quality, or condition of being a fan): Fandasein [neuter] (German), фана́тство (fanátstvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fandom-en-noun-vhRF0wTn Disambiguation of 'state, quality, or condition of being a fan': 1 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fandom bicycle, fandom frollo, fandomtwt (english: Twitter communities of specific fandoms or groups), fandumb, FNDM, Milifandom Related terms: for various names of different fandoms

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1896, Washington Post October 10, 1896, p. 8, column 6",
          "text": "\"'Who is this Swain?' is the question that is being bowled about in local fandom.\""
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          "ref": "2021 July 26, Lauren Sarner, quoting Kevin Smith, “Kevin Smith on ‘Masters of the Universe’ and fan backlash”, in New York Post:",
          "text": "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.’",
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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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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    {
      "rhymes": "-ændəm"
    }
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}
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    "Rhymes:English/ændəm/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Gujarati translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations",
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      "word": "fandom bicycle"
    },
    {
      "word": "fandom frollo"
    },
    {
      "english": "Twitter communities of specific fandoms or groups",
      "word": "fandomtwt"
    },
    {
      "word": "fandumb"
    },
    {
      "word": "FNDM"
    },
    {
      "word": "Milifandom"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
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      "form": "fandoms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "word": "for various names of different fandoms"
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        {
          "word": "anti-fandom"
        },
        {
          "word": "hatedom"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1896, Washington Post October 10, 1896, p. 8, column 6",
          "text": "\"'Who is this Swain?' is the question that is being bowled about in local fandom.\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 July 26, Lauren Sarner, quoting Kevin Smith, “Kevin Smith on ‘Masters of the Universe’ and fan backlash”, in New York Post:",
          "text": "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.’",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "fan",
          "fan"
        ],
        [
          "sport",
          "sport"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "fan base"
        },
        {
          "word": "fanship"
        },
        {
          "word": "fanhood"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The subculture of fans."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subculture",
          "subculture"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state, quality, or condition of being a fan."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfændəm/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ændəm"
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "word": "粉絲圈"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fěnsīquān",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "word": "粉丝圈"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "word": "fanikunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "word": "faniyhteisö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "word": "kannattajakunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fangemeinde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Fans"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "cāhkajgat",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "word": "ચાહકજગત"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fandamu",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "word": "ファンダム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "word": "界隈"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "paendeom",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "word": "팬덤"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "word": "kepeminatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "word": "kepenggemaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bolélʹščiki",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "боле́льщики"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poklonniki",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "поклонники"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poklonnicy",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "поклонницы"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fans taken as a group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afición"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "فاندوم"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "míwénhuà",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "迷文化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "粉絲文化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "粉丝文化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "粉都"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "fanikulttuuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "kepenggemaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fandamu",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "ファンダム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "paendeom",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "팬덤"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fandomas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fendomas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "kepeminatan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fandom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fɛ́ndom",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фэ́ндом"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "subkulʹtúra",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "субкульту́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fandom"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fanaticada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "afición"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "แฟนดอม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "โลกของผู้หลงใหล"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dɔ̂m",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "ด้อม"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "cộng đồng người hâm mộ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "văn hóa người hâm mộ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fandom",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "פֿאַנדאָם"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fanbaze",
      "sense": "subculture of fans",
      "word": "פֿאַנבאַזע"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state, quality, or condition of being a fan",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fandasein"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fanátstvo",
      "sense": "state, quality, or condition of being a fan",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "фана́тство"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fandom"
  ],
  "word": "fandom"
}

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