# Snapeism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A new religious movement, emerging in the mid-2000s in online Harry Potter fandom, centered on the fictional character Severus Snape, with its female adherents professing a spiritual connection or astral marriage to him.

## Etymology
From Snape + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/snapeism