fandom

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English

Etymology

From fan +‎ -dom.

Noun

fandom (countable and uncountable, plural fandoms)

1. The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group.
   • 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."

2. The subculture of fans.
3. The state, quality, or condition of being a fan

Synonyms

• (fans of something taken as a group): fan base, fanship, fanhood

Antonyms

• (fans of something taken as a group): anti-fandom, hatedom

Derived terms

• Milifandom
• fandumb

Translations

fans taken as a group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粉絲圈, 粉丝圈 (fěnsīquān)

• Finnish: fanikunta, faniyhteisö
• Gujarati: ચાહકજગત (cāhkajgat)

• Japanese: ファンダム (fandamu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: боле́льщики (ru) m pl (bolélʹščiki), поклонники m pl (poklonniki), поклонницы (ru) f pl (poklonnicy)
• Spanish: afición (es) f

subculture of fans

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迷文化 (míwénhuà)

• Finnish: fanikulttuuri
• Japanese: ファンダム (fandamu)

• Korean: 팬덤 (paendeom)
• Russian: фэ́ндом (ru) m (fɛ́ndom), субкульту́ра (ru) f (subkulʹtúra)
• Spanish: fandom m