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playworld

playworld noun: an imaginary scenario developed by children and adults as a focus for playing together.

Noun

playworld (plural playworlds)

  1. An imaginary scenario developed by children and adults as a focus for playing together.
    • As occurs in all playworlds, in Michael's playworld adult-child joint play was made possible through the creation of a common fiction, a space in which both children and adults are creatively engaged.2012, Carol Korn-Bursztyn, Young Children and the Arts, page 147
    • After the school year was complete, the adults continued the playworld through many different forms of playful analysis, including adult-adult interaction that incorporated filming, drawing and painting.2017, Tina Bruce, Pentti Hakkarainen, Milda Bredikyte, The Routledge International Handbook of Early Childhood Play, page 66

Forms of playworld

pluralplayworlds

Origin of playworld

From play + world.

Questions about playworld

What does playworld mean?
Playworld means an imaginary scenario developed by children and adults as a focus for playing together.
What part of speech is playworld?
Playworld is a noun.
What is the plural of playworld?
The plural of playworld is playworlds.

Words near playworld in the dictionary

  1. playware
  2. playwear
  3. playwork
  4. playworker
  5. playworkers
  6. playworld
  7. playworlds
  8. playworthy
  9. playwright
  10. playwrightess
  11. playwrightesses

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