gamification
nounEtymology From gam(e) + -ification.
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The 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 373:
- 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:
- Related terms
- game theory, gamify, gaming, play games