Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ludology

/lˌudˈɔlədʒˌi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lu-dol-o-gy
IPA: /lˌudˈɔlədʒˌi/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The study of games and other forms of play.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It also included Gonzalo Frasca's paper, “Ludologists Love Stories Too: Notes from a Debate that Never Took Place”, in which he comes out in defence of ludology and rejects the most extreme critiques by arguing that ludology's raison d'être is not at all to reject stories, but to focus on games."

Etymology

From the Latin ludus (“game”) + -ology. By surface analysis, ludo- + -logy, although the prefix ludo- apparently derives from this word.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ludus
Suffix: ology

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

ludomusicology ludonarrative

Phrases

ludic fallacy game theory

Frequently Paired Words

ludic ludic fallacy ludography ludolect ludological ludologist game theory

Synonyms

game studies

Questions

How do you pronounce ludology?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˌudˈɔlədʒˌi/.
What does ludology mean?: The study of games and other forms of play.
Where does ludology come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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