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ludology

ludology noun: the study of games and other forms of play.

Noun

ludology (uncountable)

  1. The study of games and other forms of play.
    • It also included Gonzalo Frasca's paper, “Ludologists Love Stories Too: Notes from a Debate that Never Took Place”, in which he comes out in defence of ludology and rejects the most extreme critiques by arguing that ludology's raison d'être is not at all to reject stories, but to focus on games.2009, Amelia Sanz, Literatures in the Digital Era: Theory and Praxis, page 56

Origin of ludology

From the Latin ludus (“game”) + -ology. By surface analysis, ludo- + -logy, although the prefix ludo- apparently derives from this word.

Words formed from ludology

Questions about ludology

What does ludology mean?
Ludology means the study of games and other forms of play.
What part of speech is ludology?
Ludology is a noun.

Words near ludology in the dictionary

  1. Ludolf
  2. ludological
  3. ludologically
  4. ludologist
  5. ludologists
  6. ludology
  7. Ludolph
  8. Ludolph's constant
  9. Ludolph's number
  10. Ludolphian
  11. Ludolphian number

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