zine

noun

: magazine
especially : a noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter
a feminist zine

Examples of zine in a Sentence

a small cadre of students have taken to producing their own underground zine in order to satirize many of the university's most sacred cows
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Their print zines mix photography, essays, and fashion spreads with social justice work. Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 13 June 2025 Attendees can buy up to two zines at the event while supplies last. Pitchfork, 28 May 2025 Colin Campbell, left, Drew Arvizu and Pat Posey holding a Simon Says zine. Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025 But in Privacy, an 80-page zine, a pregnant Young realizes there is no defining the self through literature. Air Mail, 26 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for zine

Word History

Etymology

-zine (as in fanzine)

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of zine was in 1946

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“Zine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zine. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.

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