anti-fandom

anti-fandom noun: the anti-fans of a television show, movie, book, fictional character, etc., taken as a group.

Noun

anti-fandom (plural anti-fandoms)

The anti-fans of a television show, movie, book, fictional character, etc., taken as a group.
- The Comic-Con confrontation is just one example of this tension, as Twilight seems to inspire a particularly active anti-fandom, which can be seen both in mainstream media accounts of clashes between fans and anti-fans and in the online forums we analyze in this chapter.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...
- That [Bob] Dylan might be involved in a game with his critics implies that he actively provoked his own anti-fandom.2013, Mark Duffet, Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 50

anti-fandom (comparative more anti-fandom, superlative most anti-fandom)

From anti- + fandom.

What does anti-fandom mean?: Anti-fandom means the anti-fans of a television show, movie, book, fictional character, etc., taken as a group.
What part of speech is anti-fandom?: Anti-fandom can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of anti-fandom?: The plural of anti-fandom is anti-fandoms.

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