cinephilia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

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"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."
"Loudly and proudly declaring your love of Letterboxd has become a way of demonstrating your superior cinephilia."

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.

cinephile cinephilic

cinephobia

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What does cinephilia mean?

Enthusiasm for films and the cinema.

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