Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subfandom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-fan-dom
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subdivision of a larger fandom or fan community.

Example Sentences

"By the mid-1960s, these fanzines, representing subfandoms to general science-fiction fandom, gained as never before."
"A subfandom for her own work has grown within the media-SF communities."
"Filker Mark Blackman (Personal Interview, 1989) predicts that as filking becomes more widespread, it may subdivide into more specialized subfandoms […]"

Etymology

From sub- + fandom.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Inflected Forms

subfandoms (plural)

Questions

What does subfandom mean?: A subdivision of a larger fandom or fan community.
Where does subfandom come from?: From sub- + fandom.

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