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ludophilia

ludophilia noun: the love of play.

Noun

ludophilia (uncountable)

  1. The love of play.
    • […] based on sicalipsis, with their tastelessness, petty subjects and immodest exhibition of female beauties, became a fitting artistic formula for the hedonism, ludophilia, escapism, and consumerism of the years just prior to the Great War, an atmosphere well reflected in stage settings similar to...2008, Sara Martin, Recycling Culture(s), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 169
    • Chapter 3 examines the racial and class politics of musical play as they are manifested in negotiations among the postcommunist state, the European Union, the global music industry, and Roma minority groups. The argument foregrounds a disavowed register of European nationalisms: the moral...2009, Anikó Imre, Identity Games: Globalization and the Transformation of Media Cultures in the New Europe, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 18

Origin of ludophilia

Latin lūdus (“play”) + English -philia (from the Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “love”, “fondness”))

Questions about ludophilia

What does ludophilia mean?
Ludophilia means the love of play.
What part of speech is ludophilia?
Ludophilia is a noun.

Words near ludophilia in the dictionary

  1. ludopathies
  2. ludopaths
  3. ludopathy
  4. ludophile
  5. ludophiles
  6. ludophilia
  7. ludos
  8. LudoSport
  9. Ludovic
  10. Ludovician
  11. Ludovicus

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