Dictionary

actifan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæk.tɪf.ən/
• /ˈæk.tɪˌfæn/

Etymology

Blend of active + fan.

Meanings

1. (dated, slang) A person, particularly a fan of science fiction, involved in fanac or fan activity.
   • Actifans end up feeling they're being forced to pay for other people's "good time" and realize the mere attendance of these other-media fans means they will have to pay (through increased membership fees) for things SF Worldcons once got for free. 1994, Joseph L. Sanders, Science Fiction Fandom, →ISBN, page 94:
   • Really, I seem to have reversed things a little by being a letter-hack after becoming an actifan. 1955 Summer, Ted E. White, “The Vizigraph”, in Planet Stories, volume 6, number 11, page 92:
   • If you even read StF you'll do. You don't have to be an actifan, just so you read StF. 1947 January, Startling Stories, volume 14, number 3:

Forms

Antonyms

passifan