picturedom

English

Etymology

From picture (“a motion picture”) +‎ -dom.

Noun

picturedom (uncountable)

1. Synonym of filmdom (“the film or movie industry; the people who work in that industry”).
   • 2002, Neil A. Hamilton, editor, Lifetimes: The Great War to the Stock Market Crash, Westport, C.T., London: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 199, column 1:

     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.

References

• “picturedom”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “picturedom, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.