Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

filmdom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: film-dom
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The film (movie) industry; the people who work in that industry.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Because all filmdom was laughing itself to the bursting point, not at Chaplin's antics, not even at the sight of the real Chaplin appearing on the Hippodrome stage — […]"
"[I]n filmdom, the sempiternal question continues: Can a male and female actor be just ‘good friends’?"

Etymology

From film + -dom.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: film

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

screenland screen

Questions

What does filmdom mean?: The film (movie) industry; the people who work in that industry.
Where does filmdom come from?: From film + -dom.

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