cinephilia
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
cinephilia (uncountable)
- Enthusiasm for films and the cinema.
- Antonym: cinephobia
- 1996 February 25, Susan Sontag, “The Decay of Cinema”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Perhaps it is not cinema that has ended but only cinephilia—the name of the very specific kind of love that cinema inspired. Each art breeds its fanatics.
- 2024 February 29, Jack King, “Why everyone you know is suddenly a Letterboxd head”, in GQ[2]:
- Loudly and proudly declaring your love of Letterboxd has become a way of demonstrating your superior cinephilia.