Meanings
nouncinemaholic (plural cinemaholics)
plural cinemaholics
- A movie enthusiast.
He said elsewhere that he had really wished to become a priest “so that I'd be saved.” He eventually wound up “finding a vocation in movies with the same kind of passion.”²⁴ This wasn't too difficult since he was a cinemaholic since youth.
2010, Aubrey Malone, Sacred Profanity: Spirituality at the Movies, Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, →ISBN, page 198Synonyms: cineast, cinemaphile, cinephile, filmaholic, movieholic
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA movie enthusiast.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*keyh₂-
- Ancient Greekκινέω (kinéō)
- Ancient Greekκίνημα (kínēma)
- Frenchcinématographeclip.
- Frenchcinéma
- Englishcinema
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishalcoholic
- Englishcinemaholic
Cite this entry
APA
cinemaholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cinemaholic
MLA
“cinemaholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cinemaholic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cinemaholic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cinemaholic.
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