moviegoing

[moo-vee-goh-ing]

noun

the practice or act of going to see motion pictures.

adjective

characterized by going to see motion pictures often: the moviegoing public.

Origin of moviegoing

First recorded in 1935–40; movie + going

Related formsmov·ie·go·er, noun

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Contemporary Examples of moviegoing

This may have had two effects—subtle but real—on moviegoing audiences.
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Andrew Romano
January 9, 2014
Moviegoing displaces everyday reality, or banishes it for a couple of hours.
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Malcolm Jones
October 10, 2013
Not only for its intellectual striving, but as a sheer love-of-cinema, delight-to-watch, moviegoing treat of a superhero saga.
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Richard Rushfield
July 26, 2012