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gam(e) +‎ -ification

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gamification (plural gamifications)

  1. The use of gameplay mechanics for non-game applications (as for example making work less onerous, incentivization, or pedagogy).
    • 2013, Dave Eggers, The Circle, Vintage Books, page 373:
      Homelessness could be helped or fixed, she knew, once the gamification of shelter allotment and public housing in general was complete.

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