motordom

noun

1. (uncountable)The realm or sphere of motor cars; motoring generally (including motorcycling).

   “Near-synonyms: automobilery, automobilism, automobility”

   “All Chichester appeared to be assembled at the Cross, and we were accorded a most hearty welcome. Mr. S. F. Edge on his Coventry Motette and Mr. Jarrott and two friends on De Dion and New Beeston motor tricycles also participated in the general accession of motordom to the town.”

   “[…] Packard had a new model out, "step-down" Hudsons were being introduced via live TV commercials, and all of motordom was preaching longer, lower and wider. Was that all of motordom? Well, not quite. There were many men in 1948 gambling their financial empires in search of the ideal light car, and searching, too, for the often-[elusive] light car buyer.”

2. (uncountable)All those with motoring interests (such as automotive manufacturers, car dealers, car clubs, motorists, and enthusiasts) allied collectively as an advocacy group.

   “In the traffic safety institutions that motordom founded, new experts promoted new ways to fight accidents. Chapter 8 recounts how motordom worked to reconstruct street casualties so they would no longer be the sole responsibility of motorists. Instead, accidents could be a failure of pedestrians to adapt to a new age, or a failure of the streets to adapt to technological progress.”