Meanings
nounedutainment (countable and uncountable, plural edutainments)
plural edutainments
- countableuncountableEducational entertainment, a form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, games or any material) that provides both education and entertainment.
In the three years since its beginning, the firm has managed to achieve lift-off into what is essentially the first mass market for vertical software in “edutainment,” software designed to be both educational and entertaining.
1984 September 3, Alexander Besher, “Inside HES”, in InfoWorld, volume 6, number 6, InfoWorld Media Group, →ISSN, page 49
Origin
Translations
French ludopédagogie
- ludopédagogieTranslations
Spanish edutenimiento
- edutenimientoTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with edutainment
entertainmentinfotainmentobtainmentdetainmentadvertainmentagri-entertainmentagritainmentmilitainmentretainment
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
edutainment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edutainment
MLA
“edutainment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edutainment. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “edutainment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edutainment.
Source: edutainment on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.