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Meaning of cinephobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The fear or hatred of films and the cinema.

uncountable

Equivalents

Français cinéphobie

Examples

“Straud/Hulliet's insistence upon the use of direct sound ... is a very radical example of ... "cinephobia, a revulsion against the commercial film industry and its standard product, the fictional narrative film" (Elsaesser 1996, 25)[.]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cinephotographer cinephotography cinephotomicrography cinephotomicroscopy cineplex cineradiograph

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