ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cinephobia

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cinephobia is a noun meaning (film) The fear or hatred of films and the cinema.

Meaning

(film) The fear or hatred of films and the cinema.

Example Sentences

Straud/Hulliet's insistence upon the use of direct sound ... is a very radical example of ... "cinephobia, a revulsion against the commercial film industry and its standard product, the fictional narrative film" (Elsaesser 1996, 25)[.]

Antonyms for cinephobia

Common opposites include cinephilia.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cinephobe, cinemaphobe, videophobia, caniphobia, phobiaphobia, cibophobia.

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