Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ludify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lud-i-fy
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make into a game or into something that encourages playfulness.

Example Sentences

"This aggressive male containment (where, figuratively, "if only you were a man for just ten minutes!" becomes instead "I'll make you into Peter Pan forever!") recalls the simultaneous containment and diminution apparent in the movement to ludify work, particularly in the Arco Wand ads."
"It also brings a playful lens to familiar neighbourhoods—reinventing them in ways that 'ludify' urban spaces."
"So, at this stage, and it may well be a permanent stage, there is no way to 'ludify' brain tumours into a 'constitutive-rule game' such as chess."

Inflected Forms

ludifies (present, singular) ludifying (participle, present) ludified (participle, past) ludified (past)

Questions

What does ludify mean?: To make into a game or into something that encourages playfulness.

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