pseudogame

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noun

An activity or situation with certain aspects of a game.

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Meanings

nounpseudogame (plural pseudogames)

plural pseudogames

  1. An activity or situation with certain aspects of a game.

    Like all sporting contests and board games, the pseudogame of talk TV first requires players, willing participants who agree to leave the real world for a while and to enter the play world, abiding by its contrived laws[…]

    1997, Vicki Abt, Leonard Mustazza, Coming After Oprah: Cultural Fallout in the Age of the TV Talk Show, page 84

Origin

From pseudo- + game.

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APA

pseudogame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudogame

MLA

“pseudogame.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudogame. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudogame,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudogame.

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