Playworld

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From play + world.

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