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anti-fans

anti-fans is the plural of anti-fan.

Meaning of anti-fan

Noun

anti-fan (plural anti-fans)

  1. 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...
    Synonyms:
    lolfan

Questions about anti-fans

What is anti-fans the plural of?
Anti-fans is the plural of anti-fan.

Words near anti-fans in the dictionary

  1. anti-faggot
  2. anti-faggots
  3. anti-fan
  4. anti-fandom
  5. anti-fandoms
  6. anti-fans
  7. anti-fascism
  8. anti-fascisms
  9. anti-fascist
  10. Anti-Fascist Protection Wall
  11. anti-feature

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