animatophile
animatophile noun: an enthusiast of animated media.
Noun
animatophile (plural animatophiles)
- An enthusiast of animated media.
- While Nickelodean was committed to children's programming, Kricfalusi and his co-workers increasingly created programming that catered to his cult following among animatophiles […]1997, Mark Langer, “Animatophilia, cultural production and corporate interests”, in Jayne Pilling, editor, A Reader in Animation Studies, page 156
- The creative and economic moment of the early twenty-first century, when both SpongeBob and The Fairly OddParents are produced, is a moment in which the "wacky style" of humor and animation of these programs has been mainstreamed and no longer attracts a kind of subcultural, or even an...2007, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Kids Rule!: Nickelodeon and Consumer Citizenship, page 206
Forms of animatophile
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Origin of animatophile
From animat(ion) + -o- + -phile.
Questions about animatophile
- What does animatophile mean?
- Animatophile means an enthusiast of animated media.
- What part of speech is animatophile?
- Animatophile is a noun.
- What is the plural of animatophile?
- The plural of animatophile is animatophiles.
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