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ludified

ludified is the simple past and past participle of ludify.

Meaning of ludify

Verb

ludify (third-person singular simple present ludifies, present participle ludifying, simple past and past participle ludified)

  1. To make into a game or into something that encourages playfulness.
    • This aggressive male containment (where, figuratively, "if only you were a man for just ten minutes!" becomes instead "I'll make you into Peter Pan forever!") recalls the simultaneous containment and diminution apparent in the movement to ludify work, particularly in the Arco Wand ads.1999, William A. Gleason, The Leisure Ethic, page 194

Questions about ludified

What is ludified the simple past and past participle of?
Ludified is the simple past and past participle of ludify.

Words near ludified in the dictionary

  1. ludicrousnesses
  2. ludicrousy
  3. ludification
  4. ludifications
  5. ludificatory
  6. ludified
  7. ludifies
  8. ludify
  9. ludifying
  10. luding
  11. Ludington

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