moviegoing

[ moo-vee-goh-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

characterized by going going go to see motion pictures often:
the moviegoing public.

First recorded in 1935–40; movie + going

This may have had two effects—subtle but real—on moviegoing audiences.

Moviegoing displaces everyday reality, or banishes it for a couple of hours.

Not only for its intellectual striving, but as a sheer love-of-cinema, delight-to-watch, moviegoing treat of a superhero saga.

It has a lot to do with expensive moviegoing and our kid-centric culture.

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