Playworld
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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