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inworld

inworld adjective: inside the world of an MMORPG.

Adjective

inworld (comparative more inworld, superlative most inworld)

  1. (roleplaying games) Inside the world of an MMORPG.
    • These inworld practices include weaving, building, trading, chatting, dancing, making love, flying and many others besides.2011, John Postill, Localizing the Internet: An Anthropological Account, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 22

Adverb

inworld (comparative more inworld, superlative most inworld)

  1. (roleplaying games) Inside the world of an MMORPG.
    • Midbie status was shaped not just by the absolute amount of time since the creation of an account, but by the cumulative amount of time spent inworld.2008, Tom Boellstorff, Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 125

Forms of inworld

Adjective
comparativemore inworld
superlativemost inworld
Adverb
comparativemore inworld
superlativemost inworld

Origin of inworld

From in + world.

Questions about inworld

What does inworld mean?
Inworld means inside the world of an MMORPG.
What part of speech is inworld?
Inworld can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near inworld in the dictionary

  1. inwork
  2. inworked
  3. inworking
  4. inworkings
  5. inworks
  6. inworld
  7. inworn
  8. Inworth
  9. inwound
  10. inwove
  11. inwoven

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