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cinephilia en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der. Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō)der. New Latinder. English cine- Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English cinephilia From cine- + -philia.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Enthusiasm for films and the cinema.
    • 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. 1996 February 25, Susan Sontag, “The Decay of Cinema”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • Loudly and proudly declaring your love of Letterboxd has become a way of demonstrating your superior cinephilia. 2024 February 29, Jack King, “Why everyone you know is suddenly a Letterboxd head”, in GQ:

Antonyms

cinephobia

Relateds

cinephilic · cinephile

Translations (5)

fr cinéphilie (enthusiasm for films and the cinema) · pt cinefilia (enthusiasm for films and the cinema) · pl kinomania (enthusiasm for films and the cinema) · it cinefilia (enthusiasm for films and the cinema) · el σινεφιλία (enthusiasm for films and the cinema)