microcinema

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noun

A specialist cinema showing films that are unlikely to be screened at more populist venues.

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Meanings

nounmicrocinema (countable and uncountable, plural microcinemas)

plural microcinemas

  1. countableA specialist cinema showing films that are unlikely to be screened at more populist venues.
  2. uncountableAmateur filmmaking on a low budget.

Origin

From micro- + cinema.

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Cite this entry
APA

microcinema. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcinema

MLA

“microcinema.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcinema. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microcinema,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcinema.

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