Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

absolute cinema

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.02 in modern English

Syllables: ab-so-lute cin-e-ma
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Cinema that is personally considered to be outstanding.

Uncountable

noun

Any event or work personally considered to be outstanding or amusing.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"That movie was absolute cinema! I'm dying for a sequel."
"Then came the weird trailer last month where the movie tried to rebrand itself as an A24 film, declaring itself to be “absolute cinema” because it hired the production designer from Hereditary and the editor of Minari (and, in Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the star of You Hurt My Feelings)."
"It was absolute cinema to watch those fools fighting each other."

Etymology

From an image macro of American filmmaker (born 1942) Martin Scorsese captioned with the phrase. In 2022 and 2023, the image and phrase began to circulate around Twitter as an Internet meme.

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

absolutely cinematic

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does absolute cinema mean?: Cinema that is personally considered to be outstanding.
Where does absolute cinema come from?: From an image macro of American filmmaker (born 1942) Martin Scorsese captioned with the phrase. In 2022 and 2023, the image and phrase began to circulate around Twitter as an Internet meme.

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