cinephilia

English

Etymology

From cine- +‎ -philia.

Noun

cinephilia (uncountable)

  1. Enthusiasm for films and the cinema.
    Antonym: cinephobia
    • 1996 February 25, Susan Sontag, “The Decay of Cinema”, in The New York Times‎, →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:
      Loudly and proudly declaring your love of Letterboxd has become a way of demonstrating your superior cinephilia.

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