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filmdom

filmdom noun: the film (movie) industry; the people who work in that industry.

Noun

filmdom (uncountable)

  1. The film (movie) industry; the people who work in that industry.
    • Because all filmdom was laughing itself to the bursting point, not at Chaplin's antics, not even at the sight of the real Chaplin appearing on the Hippodrome stage — […]1916, John Bonner, George William Curtis, Henry Mills Alden, Harper's Weekly
    • [I]n filmdom, the sempiternal question continues: Can a male and female actor be just ‘good friends’?2008 August 2, Shivangi Singh, “A sneak-peek at ‘just friends’ of filmdom!”, in Zee News

Origin of filmdom

From film + -dom.

Questions about filmdom

What does filmdom mean?
Filmdom means the film (movie) industry; the people who work in that industry.
What part of speech is filmdom?
Filmdom is a noun.

Words near filmdom in the dictionary

  1. filmanthropy
  2. filmcard
  3. filmcards
  4. filmcoated
  5. filmcraft
  6. filmdom
  7. filmed
  8. filmed out
  9. filmer
  10. filmers
  11. filmesque

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