Roleplaying

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Action in which a person takes on a role (as that of an actor) and acts out being that character. uncountable, usually

    "But perhaps the most interesting aspect of roleplaying’s development has been the emergence of the “story-game” movement: a passionate community of independent designers using games to explore new themes and approaches to storytelling."

  2. 2
    acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of roleplay form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
actactplayplayactrprp

Example

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"In roleplaying games, he always wanted to play as an elf."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From role + playing.

Etymology 2

From roleplay + -ing.

Related phrases

roleplaying gameroll-playing

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