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fantagonism

fantagonism noun: anger or hostility expressed by fans, especially towards creators.

Noun

fantagonism (uncountable)

  1. Anger or hostility expressed by fans, especially towards creators.
    • The mercenary tactics of some fans no doubt fuel this fantagonism.2015, Liam Burke, The Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern Hollywood's Leading Genre, unnumbered page
    • For viewers who responded within the rejection discourse, the show's final episodes confirmed their sense of 'fantagonism' and narrative anxiety and they often linked their sense of disappointment to discussions around professionalism (or lack of) on the part of the writers and to the perceived...2015, Rebecca WIlliams, Post-Object Fandom: Television, Identity and Self-narrative, page 115

Forms of fantagonism

alternative formfan-tagonism

Origin of fantagonism

Blend of fan + antagonism.

Questions about fantagonism

What does fantagonism mean?
Fantagonism means anger or hostility expressed by fans, especially towards creators.
What part of speech is fantagonism?
Fantagonism is a noun.

Words near fantagonism in the dictionary

  1. fantabulous
  2. fantabulously
  3. fantabulousness
  4. fantad
  5. fantads
  6. fantagonism
  7. fantail
  8. fantailed
  9. fantails
  10. Fantaing
  11. fantan

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