fandom

[ fan-duhm ]

noun

1. fans collectively, as of a celebrity, a movie, a book, or a professional game or sport.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fandom¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; fan ² + -dom

Example Sentences

I thought about how any new Harry Potter story would inject new energy into the fandom, generating new conversations and creative interest.

From Vox

Bingeing a new series can offer social connection through shared fandom, but hours in front of the screen can also become isolating.

From Popular-Science

Though there was no single meme that swept the internet, Animal Crossing inspired multiple riffs, one offs, subgenres and fandoms based around the game.

From Time

That’s what Fuller, 30, would tell him the next night, when the two strangers, brought together by a rectangular piece of flimsy card stock, exchanged stories about their baseball fandom and military backgrounds on the phone.

From Washington Post

“The Mandalorian” assumes you’re caught up on all the casting news that made waves in the Star Wars fandom.

From Washington Post

So why does its fandom seem largely limited to the Gen Xers who saw the show in its first run?

From The Daily Beast

As for Simmons, he gets to ease his conscience while also burnishing his personal brand of savvy fandom.

From The Daily Beast

Smiths fandom was an once small and semi-exclusive club, reserved for the clever, literary, and misunderstood teenager.

From The Daily Beast

It happened with Janelle Asselin in the related comic book fandom.

From The Daily Beast

It took a few years of fandom before Bart Spanfellner began to gather.

From The Daily Beast

And I attribute Mr. Koot's fate to nothing less than the schisms of fandom.

From Project Gutenberg

When fandom had its schism, Koot immediately developed a split personality.

From Project Gutenberg