Meanings
nounpicturedom (uncountable)
- uncountableSynonym of filmdom (“the film or movie industry; the people who work in that industry”).
As the industry today stands, so does "Ben Hur" stand: the greatest achievement that has been accomplished on the screen for not only the screen itself, but for all modern picturedom.
2002, Neil A. Hamilton, editor, Lifetimes: The Great War to the Stock Market Crash, Westport, C.T.; London: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 199, column 1Synonyms: filmdom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of filmdom (“the film or movie industry; the people who work in that industry”).
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Origin
From picture (“a motion picture”) + -dom.
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APA
picturedom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picturedom
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“picturedom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picturedom. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “picturedom,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picturedom.
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