bestsellerdom

noun

best·​sell·​er·​dom (ˈ)bes(t)-ˈse-lər-dəm 

plural -s

: the category of a best seller : the condition of being a best seller

wrote obscurely … before he came into bestsellerdom

—Saturday Review

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

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