gamification

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gamification

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Etymology

From gam(e) +‎ -ification.

Noun

gamification (plural gamifications)

1. The use of gameplay mechanics for non-game applications (as for example making work less onerous, incentivization, or pedagogy).
   • 2013, Dave Eggers, The Circle, Vintage Books, page 373:

     Homelessness could be helped or fixed, she knew, once the gamification of shelter allotment and public housing in general was complete.

Related terms

• game theory
• gaming
• play games

Descendants

• → Japanese: ゲーミフィケーション (gēmifikēshon)
• → Malay: gamifikasi

Translations

use of gameplay

Bulgarian: игровизация f (igrovizacija), геймификация f (gejmifikacija) Catalan: ludificació f, gamificació f Chinese: Mandarin: 遊戲化 / 游戏化 (yóuxìhuà) Czech: gamifikace Finnish: pelillistäminen (fi) French: ludification (fr) f Galician: ludificación f German: Gamification (de) f, Gamifikation f, Gamifizierung f, Spielifikation f, Gamifizierung f Italian: ludicizzazione f Japanese: ゲーミフィケーション (gēmifikēshon) Malay: gamifikasi Polish: grywalizacja (pl) f Portuguese: ludificação (pt) f Russian: игрофикация (ru) f (igrofikacija), геймификация (ru) f (gejmifikacija) Serbo-Croatian: igrifikacija f, igrofikacija f Slovene: poigritev Spanish: ludificación (es) f, gamificación (es) f (anglicism) Swedish: spelifiering (sv) c Ukrainian: ігрофікація f (ihrofikacija), гейміфіка́ція f (hejmifikácija)