cinephilia

English

Etymology

From cine- +‎ -philia.

Noun

cinephilia (uncountable)

1. Enthusiasm for films and the cinema.

   Antonym: cinephobia

   • 1996 February 25, Susan Sontag, “The Decay of Cinema”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Perhaps it is not cinema that has ended but only cinephilia—the name of the very specific kind of love that cinema inspired. Each art breeds its fanatics.

   • 2024 February 29, Jack King, “Why everyone you know is suddenly a Letterboxd head”, in GQ‎:

     Loudly and proudly declaring your love of Letterboxd has become a way of demonstrating your superior cinephilia.

Related terms

• cinephile
• cinephilic

Translations

enthusiasm for films and the cinema

French: cinéphilie (fr) f Greek: σινεφιλία (el) f (sinefilía) Italian: cinefilia (it) f Polish: kinomania (pl) f Portuguese: cinefilia (pt) f