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filmology

filmology proper noun: a 1950s–60s movement of theoretical study relating to film.

Proper noun

filmology

  1. A 1950s–60s movement of theoretical study relating to film.
    • [title] International Bureau of Filmology ¶ When the International Film Congress met in Paris in 1947 a plan was approved for the organization of a “Bureau International de Filmologie.”1949, Renée Jeanne Fulton, “Theatre, Film, and Radio Notes”, in The French Review, volume 22, number 3, American Association of Teachers of French, page 279
    • Pervy's research in filmology may eventually open wider applications of films in modern languages.1949, Renée Jeanne Fulton, “Theatre, Film, and Radio Notes”, in The French Review, volume 23, number 2, American Association of Teachers of French, page 144

Origin of filmology

1949, from French filmologie.

Words formed from filmology

Questions about filmology

What does filmology mean?
Filmology means a 1950s–60s movement of theoretical study relating to film.
What part of speech is filmology?
Filmology is a proper noun.

Words near filmology in the dictionary

  1. filmographies
  2. filmography
  3. filmological
  4. filmologist
  5. filmologists
  6. filmology
  7. Filmore
  8. Filmores
  9. films
  10. films blancs
  11. films noirs

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