fandom
/ˈfandəm
/noun
1 [mass noun] The state or condition of being a fan of someone or something: my 17 years of sports fandom an extensive questionnaire determined levels of Harry Potter fandom on a scale of one to five...
- The film is foremost a portrait of fandom, not stardom.
- The series also satirized Japanese fandom, in particular the figure of the geeky "fanboy," or otaku.
- This passionate proximity combined with a tragic distance is the core of fandom.
1.1 [count noun] The fans of a particular person, team, fictional series, etc. regarded collectively as a community or subculture: the Breaking Bad fandom of course, every fandom has its extreme members...
- It fostered a vigorous but conservatively minded fandom, which still flourishes and holds many conventions, large and small.
- X-Men has a strong fandom.
- While the writers in my fandom are definitely interested in craft matters, almost all of them are much more picky about the feedback I give them than my mentees are.
Origin
Late 19th century: from fan2 + -dom.