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cineliterate

cineliterate adjective: familiar with films and cinema.

Adjective

cineliterate (comparative more cineliterate, superlative most cineliterate)

  1. Familiar with films and cinema.
    • The noir “look” is now part of a knowing postmodern culture, with cineliterate audiences attuned to the multiple allusions and prepared to accept a greater narrative ambiguity and range of stylistic devices.2010, Andrew Spicer, Historical dictionary of film noir, page 218

Forms of cineliterate

comparativemore cineliterate
superlativemost cineliterate

Origin of cineliterate

From cine- + literate.

Questions about cineliterate

What does cineliterate mean?
Cineliterate means familiar with films and cinema.
What part of speech is cineliterate?
Cineliterate is an adjective.

Words near cineliterate in the dictionary

  1. cinegoer
  2. cinegoers
  3. cinegram
  4. cinegrams
  5. cineliteracy
  6. cineliterate
  7. Cinelli
  8. Cinellis
  9. cineloop
  10. cineloops
  11. cinema

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