cinema-goingn.
/ˈsɪnᵻməˌɡəʊɪŋ/, /ˈsɪnᵻmɑːˌɡəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɪnəməˌɡoʊɪŋ/ The action or activity of going to the cinema. Cf. moviegoing n., film-going n.Moviegoing is the more usual term in North America.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > going to film shows > [noun]
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1917 Cinema (U.K. National Council Public Morals) 144 Three boys' teachers and six girls' teachers note ill effects on school work of habitual cinema-going.
1963 Times 1 Feb. 9/2 No one else can make seven and sixpence-worth of cinemagoing go such a long way.
2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 11 Mar. 45/6 There are a lot of other entertainment options that are competitors to cinema-going.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
cinema-goingadj.
/ˈsɪnᵻməˌɡəʊɪŋ/, /ˈsɪnᵻmɑːˌɡəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsɪnəməˌɡoʊɪŋ/ Designating people who go to the cinema, esp. frequently. Cf. moviegoing adj., film-going adj.Moviegoing is the more usual term in North America.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > going to film shows > [adjective]
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1915 Albany (W. Austral.) Advertiser 11 Sept. A more romantic dish has seldom been set before the hungry gaze of the cinema-going public.
1993 T. Docherty Postmodernism 143 The cinema-going audience for Coppola's Apocalypse Now would certainly not all have been aware of Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
2005 Times 26 Jan. 63/1 Parveen Babi..looked as much Western as she did Indian, which was part of her appeal to the Indian cinema-going masses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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