ˈfandom orig. U.S.
[f. fan n.2 + -dom.]
The world of enthusiasts for some amusement or for some artist; also in extended use.
| 1903 Cincinnati Enquirer 2 Jan. 3/1 (heading) Fandom puzzled over Johnsonian statements. 1928 Publishers' Weekly 30 June, Ty Cobb, the idol of baseball fandom. 1958 Times 13 Sept. 7/6 The same editor calculates that at least half his British writers have been recruited from ‘fandom’. 1963 Philos. Rev. LXXII. 520 Morality has or ought to have its fandom. |