Playception

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A play that portrays actors staging a play or features an internal play; a play-within-a-play. slang

    "Playception: Each actor must portray a character playing another character."

Example

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"Playception: Each actor must portray a character playing another character."

Etymology

From play + -ception.

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