fandom

English

Etymology

From fan +‎ -dom.

Noun

fandom (countable and uncountable, plural fandoms)

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."
The subculture of fans.
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

Translations

fans taken as a group

Chinese:
Mandarin: 粉絲圈, 粉丝圈 (fěnsīquān)
Finnish: fanikunta, faniyhteisö, kannattajakunta
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

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