fandom

English

Etymology

From fan +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfændəm/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

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^[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.
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: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.

Derived terms

• fandomtwt (Twitter communities from specific fandoms or groups)
• fandumb
• FNDM (fans of the online animation series RWBY)
• Milifandom

Related terms

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

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 (ja) (fandamu), 界隈 (ja)
• Korean: 팬덤 (paendeom)
• Malay: kepeminatan, kepenggemaran
• Russian: боле́льщики (ru) m pl (bolélʹščiki), поклонники m pl (poklonniki), поклонницы (ru) f pl (poklonnicy)
• Spanish: afición (es) f

subculture of fans

• Arabic: فاندوم‎
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迷文化 (míwénhuà), 粉絲文化, 粉都

• Finnish: fanikulttuuri, fanikunta
• Indonesian: kepenggemaran
• Japanese: ファンダム (ja) (fandamu)
• Korean: 팬덤 (paendeom)
• Lithuanian: fandomas m, fendomas m

• Malay: kepeminatan
• Polish: fandom (pl) m
• Russian: фэ́ндом (ru) m (fɛ́ndom), субкульту́ра (ru) f (subkulʹtúra)
• Spanish: fandom m, fanaticada f, afición (es) m
• Thai: แฟนดอม, โลกของผู้หลงใหล
• Vietnamese: cộng đồng người hâm mộ, văn hóa người hâm mộ
• Yiddish: פֿאַנדאָם‎ (fandom), פֿאַנבאַזע‎ (fanbaze)

state, quality, or condition of being a fan

• German: Fandasein n
• Russian: фана́тство (ru) n (fanátstvo)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English fandom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛndɔm]
• Hyphenation: fan‧dom

Noun

fandom (first-person possessive fandomku, second-person possessive fandommu, third-person possessive fandomnya)

1. fandom

Synonyms

• kepenggemaran

Related terms

• fan
• fanatik
• fanservis

 

Further reading

• “fandom” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fandom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfan.dɔm/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -andɔm
• Syllabification: fan‧dom

Noun

fandom m inan

1. fandom (subculture of fans)

Declension

Declension of fandom

	singular	plural
nominative	fandom	fandomy
genitive	fandomu	fandomów
dative	fandomowi	fandomom
accusative	fandom	fandomy
instrumental	fandomem	fandomami
locative	fandomie	fandomach
vocative	fandomie	fandomy

Further reading

• fandom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fandom in Polish dictionaries at PWN