playworld

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

play +‎ world

Noun[edit]

playworld (plural playworlds)

  1. An imaginary scenario developed by children and adults as a focus for playing together.
    • 2012, Carol Korn-Bursztyn, Young Children and the Arts, page 147:
      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.
    • 2017, Tina Bruce, Pentti Hakkarainen, Milda Bredikyte, The Routledge International Handbook of Early Childhood Play, page 66:
      After the school year was complete, the adults continued the playworld through many different forms of playful analysis, including adult-adult interaction that incorporated filming, drawing and painting.