Meanings
plural gamifications
- countableuncountableThe use of gameplay mechanics for non-game applications (as for example making work less onerous; incentivization; or pedagogy).
Homelessness could be helped or fixed, she knew, once the gamification of shelter allotment and public housing in general was complete.
2013, Dave Eggers, The Circle, Vintage Books, page 3731 more example
You could see this in the way maxxing strategies pointed to extremes — not just unsettling ones (eating disorders, height surgeries, high-octane misogyny), but also this weird gamification of mundane social tactics your parents already told you about (wash your face, wear a decent shirt, get some exercise).
2025 October 11, Nitsuh Abebe, “The Suffix That Tells Us to Ruthlessly Optimize Everything”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian игровизация, геймификация
- игровизация (igrovizacija)use of gameplay
- геймификация (gejmifikacija)use of gameplay
Catalan ludificació, gamificació
- ludificacióuse of gameplay
- gamificacióuse of gameplay
Chinese Mandarin 遊戲化 /游戏化
- 遊戲化 /游戏化 (yóuxìhuà)use of gameplay
Czech gamifikace
- gamifikaceuse of gameplay
Finnish pelillistäminen
- pelillistäminenuse of gameplay
French ludification
- ludificationuse of gameplay
German Gamification, Gamifikation
- Gamificationuse of gameplay
- Gamifikationuse of gameplay
- Gamifizierunguse of gameplay
- Spielifikationuse of gameplay
Indonesian gamifikasi, pembermainan
- gamifikasiuse of gameplay
- pembermainanuse of gameplay
- pengegimanuse of gameplay
Italian ludicizzazione
- ludicizzazioneuse of gameplay
Japanese ゲーミフィケーション
- ゲーミフィケーション (gēmifikēshon)use of gameplay
Malay gamifikasi
- gamifikasiuse of gameplay
Polish grywalizacja
- grywalizacjause of gameplay
Portuguese ludificação, gamificação
- ludificaçãouse of gameplay
- gamificaçãouse of gameplay
Russian игрофикация, геймификация
- игрофикация (igrofikacija)use of gameplay
- геймификация (gejmifikacija)use of gameplay
Spanish ludificación, gamificación
- ludificaciónuse of gameplay
- gamificaciónuse of gameplay
Swedish spelifiering
- spelifieringuse of gameplay
Ukrainian ігрофікація, гейміфіка́ція
- ігрофікація (ihrofikacija)use of gameplay
- гейміфіка́ція (hejmifikácija)use of gameplay
Cite this entry
gamification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamification
“gamification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamification. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gamification,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamification.
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