Potterdom

English

Etymology

From Potter +‎ -dom.

Noun

Potterdom (uncountable)

1. The fandom or sphere of the Harry Potter series and the movies based on it.
   • 2010, E. A. Pyne, chapter 25, in The Ultimate Guide to the Harry Potter Fandom, What the Flux Comics Publishing, →ISBN, page 283:

     What are we potty Potter fans going to do now that the story has come to an end? Do we throw up our hands and relent that ten years of Potterdom were great, but it's over now, and we should just get on with our lives?

   • 2010, William Silvester, Harry Potter Collector's Handbook, Krause Publications, →ISBN, page 62:

     A first edition Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is one of the most coveted collectibles in Potterdom.

   • 2011, Derek Murphy, Jesus Potter Harry Christ: The Fascinating Parallels Between Two of the World's Most Popular Literary Characters‎^[1], Holy Blasphemy, →ISBN:

     Is Harry Potter a Christ-Figure? In fact this question had been asked by sharp-minded readers since the early days of Potterdom.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Potterdom.