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movielore

movielore noun: the knowledge, study, history, or culture relating to movies and filmmaking; filmlore.

Noun

movielore (uncountable)

  1. The knowledge, study, history, or culture relating to movies and filmmaking; filmlore.
    • Whether you intend to captivate your friends with your cinematic erudition or baffle your acquaintances by displaying your PhD. in movielore, this is the book to buy for hours of enchanting entertainment.1986, Films in Review
    • Or, as the movielore surrounding a manly male like John Wayne commands, "A man's gotta do (pause) what a man's gotta do."1994, Wayne Wilson, Sexuality in the Land of Oz

Forms of movielore

alternative formmovie-lore
alternative formmovie lore

Origin of movielore

From movie + lore.

Questions about movielore

What does movielore mean?
Movielore means the knowledge, study, history, or culture relating to movies and filmmaking; filmlore.
What part of speech is movielore?
Movielore is a noun.

Words near movielore in the dictionary

  1. movieizes
  2. movieizing
  3. movieland
  4. movieless
  5. movielike
  6. movielore
  7. moviemaker
  8. moviemakers
  9. moviemaking
  10. moviemania
  11. movieoke

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