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nounfilmdom (uncountable)
- uncountableThe film (movie) industry; the people who work in that industry.
[I]n filmdom, the sempiternal question continues: Can a male and female actor be just ‘good friends’?
2008 August 2, Shivangi Singh, “A sneak-peek at ‘just friends’ of filmdom!”, in Zee News1 more example
Because all filmdom was laughing itself to the bursting point, not at Chaplin's antics, not even at the sight of the real Chaplin appearing on the Hippodrome stage — […]
1916, John Bonner, George William Curtis, Henry Mills Alden, Harper's Weekly
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APA
filmdom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filmdom
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“filmdom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filmdom. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filmdom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filmdom.
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