cinephobia

English

Etymology

From cine- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

cinephobia (uncountable)

1. (film) The fear or hatred of films and the cinema.

   Antonym: cinephilia

   • 2001, C. M. White, Gender and the German Autumn:

     Straud/Hulliet's insistence upon the use of direct sound ... is a very radical example of ... "cinephobia, a revulsion against the commercial film industry and its standard product, the fictional narrative film" (Elsaesser 1996, 25)[.]

Related terms

• cinephobe

Translations

Fear or hatred of films

• French: cinéphobie