gameplaying

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noun

The playing of games.

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Meanings

noungameplaying (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe playing of games.
  2. uncountableThe act of playing the game, playing along, doing what is expected.

    Privilege is a smokescreen, the carrot on the stick to the donkey. The cold hard fact is that no amount of game-playing will ever make us acceptable to non-gays.

    1981 December 5, David L. Cawley, “Those Were The Days”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 14

Origin

From game + playing.

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APA

gameplaying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gameplaying

MLA

“gameplaying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gameplaying. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gameplaying,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gameplaying.

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