anti-fan
anti-fan noun: a person who dislikes something (generally a creative work, fictional character, or person), but is still interested in it, devoting time to mocking or criticizing it.
Noun
anti-fan (plural anti-fans)
- A person who dislikes something (generally a creative work, fictional character, or person), but is still interested in it, devoting time to mocking or criticizing it.
- These anti-fans often claim to act out of concern for young Twilight fans who may look to Twilight's characters— and author— as role models.2010, Jessica Sheffield, Elyse Merlo, “Twilight Anti-Fandom and the Rhetoric of Superiorty”, in Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, editors, Bitten by Twilight: Youth...
- Jonathan Gray describes these anti-fans by saying, 'Opposed and yet in some ways similar to the fan is the anti-fan: he/she who actively and vocally hates or dislikes a given text, personality, or genre' (2005, 840).2013, Mark Duffet, Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture, Bloomsbury Academic, published 2013, →ISBN, page 49
- Synonyms:
- lolfan
Synonyms of anti-fan
Forms of anti-fan
| plural | anti-fans |
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Origin of anti-fan
From anti- + fan.
Questions about anti-fan
- What does anti-fan mean?
- Anti-fan means a person who dislikes something (generally a creative work, fictional character, or person), but is still interested in it, devoting time to mocking or criticizing it.
- What part of speech is anti-fan?
- Anti-fan is a noun.
- What is the plural of anti-fan?
- The plural of anti-fan is anti-fans.
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