fandom

English

Etymology

From fan +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfændəm/

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.
   • 2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions‎^[1], volume 5, number 1, MDPI, DOI:10.3390/rel5010219, 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.

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, kannattajakunta
• German: Fangemeinde (de) f, Fans (de) m pl
• Gujarati: ચાહકજગત (cāhkajgat)

• Japanese: ファンダム (fandamu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: peminat tegar
• 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

state, quality, or condition of being a fan

• German: Fandasein n