cineliterateadj.
/ˌsɪnᵻˈlɪt(ə)rət/, U.S. /ˌsɪnəˈlɪdərət/ Having a critical appreciation or knowledge of film and cinema; characterized by or showing this.
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cineliterate1968
1968 R. Huss & N. Silverstein Film Experience i. 2 Time magazine..has spoken of the necessity for the modern intellectual to become ‘cineliterate’.
1980 Film Comment May 58/1 In Britain commercials have also been surprisingly bold in predicating their impact on a degree of cineliterate sophistication in their audiences.
1992 G. Adair in M. Bradbury & J. Cooke New Writing 147 I have learned, albeit on an almost subliminal level, to decipher ‘cinéliterate’ TV commercials full of bogus Bogeys and James Cagney lookalikes.
2012 Time Out N.Y. 17 May 67/4 If you haven't seen this influential avant-garde featurette, you aren't completely cineliterate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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