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subfandom

subfandom noun: a subdivision of a larger fandom or fan community.

Noun

subfandom (plural subfandoms)

  1. A subdivision of a larger fandom or fan community.
    • By the mid-1960s, these fanzines, representing subfandoms to general science-fiction fandom, gained as never before.1981, David Cowart, Thomas L. Wymer, editors, Twentieth-Century American Science-Fiction Writers, page 292
    • A subfandom for her own work has grown within the media-SF communities.1992, Camille Bacon-Smith, Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth, page 39

Forms of subfandom

pluralsubfandoms

Origin of subfandom

From sub- + fandom.

Questions about subfandom

What does subfandom mean?
Subfandom means a subdivision of a larger fandom or fan community.
What part of speech is subfandom?
Subfandom is a noun.
What is the plural of subfandom?
The plural of subfandom is subfandoms.

Words near subfandom in the dictionary

  1. subfalcine
  2. subfamilial
  3. subfamilies
  4. subfamily
  5. subfan
  6. subfandom
  7. subfandoms
  8. subfans
  9. subfascial
  10. subfasciculate
  11. subfastigiate

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