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ludifying

ludifying is the present participle and gerund 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 ludifying

What is ludifying the present participle and gerund of?
Ludifying is the present participle and gerund of ludify.

Words near ludifying in the dictionary

  1. ludifications
  2. ludificatory
  3. ludified
  4. ludifies
  5. ludify
  6. ludifying
  7. luding
  8. Ludington
  9. Ludingtons
  10. ludjibaite
  11. Ludlam

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