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acafandom

acafandom noun: the community or sphere of acafans.

Noun

acafandom (countable and uncountable, plural acafandoms)

  1. (slang) The community or sphere of acafans.
    • Rather than scholars being free to choose to act as differential interpretive communities with divergent norms and discursive practices (Brooker 2011), meaning that the identities cannot be united without losing sight of these contexts (or, indeed, losing sight of the precise micro-context within...2012, Matt Hills, “'Proper Distance' In The Ethical Positioning Of Scholar-Fandoms: Between Academics' And Fans' Moral Economies?”, in Katherine Larsen, editor, Fan Culture: Theory/Practice, pages...
    • The feminist aca-fandom of Ginger Snaps needs to be seen in the context of an overall change in horror fandom demographics (where college-educated women now make up a near-majority faction).2013, Ernest Mathijs, John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps, page 100

Examples of acafandom in a sentence

  • TV Studies or fan studies where acafandom has arguably been normalised for a generation of researchers).2012, Matt Hills, “'Proper Distance' In The Ethical Positioning Of Scholar-Fandoms: Between Academics' And Fans' Moral Economies?”, in...
  • "Serious" scholars do not engage in acafandom.2018, Christopher E. Bell, “Introduction”, in Christopher E. Bell, editor, Inside the World of Harry Potter: Critical Essays on the Books...

Forms of acafandom

pluralacafandoms
alternative formaca-fandom

Origin of acafandom

Blend of academic + fandom.

Questions about acafandom

What does acafandom mean?
Acafandom means the community or sphere of acafans.
How do you use acafandom in a sentence?
TV Studies or fan studies where acafandom has arguably been normalised for a generation of researchers).
What part of speech is acafandom?
Acafandom is a noun.
What is the plural of acafandom?
The plural of acafandom is acafandoms.

Words near acafandom in the dictionary

  1. acadically
  2. acads
  3. Acads.
  4. acaeruloplasminemia
  5. acafan
  6. acafandom
  7. acafandoms
  8. acafans
  9. acafen
  10. Acagchemem
  11. acai

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