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movielore en · NOUN

Etymology

From movie + lore.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The knowledge, study, history, or culture relating to movies and filmmaking; filmlore.
   • Whether you intend to captivate your friends with your cinematic erudition or baffle your acquaintances by displaying your PhD. in movielore, this is the book to buy for hours of enchanting entertainment. 1986, Films in Review:
   • Or, as the movielore surrounding a manly male like John Wayne commands, "A man's gotta do (pause) what a man's gotta do." 1994, Wayne Wilson, Sexuality in the Land of Oz:

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