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edutainment, n. orig. and chiefly U.S.|ɛdjuːˈteɪnmənt|
[f. education n. + entertainment n., after *docutainment n., *infotainment n.]
An activity or product (esp. in the electronic media) intended to be educational as well as enjoyable; informative entertainment. Freq. attrib.
1983Fortune 2 May 164/3 Software specialists believe that the greatest growth may come from so-called ‘edutainment’ games that attempt to make learning fun. 1985Ibid. 28 Dec. 75/3 A former Long Island, New York, schoolteacher, Tessler calls his stores ‘edutainment’ centers. They are profit centers too. He charges $2.75 an hour for the baby-sitting. 1990New Scientist 20 Jan. 66/3 A video loop..had been so cleverly put together that it caught the attention of both mother and son... Thanks to bang-up-to-date electronic wizardry, this [museum] promises to break new grounds in hands-on edutainment. 1991L. Parker House Niggas (song) in L. A. Stanley Rap: the Lyrics (1992) 40 In the face of intelligence, ignorance dies Dear, it's simple edutainment Rap needed a teacher, so I became it. 1991H. Rheingold Virtual Reality (1992) xiii. 288 The unlikely but actual Nintendo-Media Lab partnership will pop up again in the realm of VR ‘edutainment’, a critically important cousin of cyberspace amusements. 1992N.Y. Times 15 Dec. c 15/2 Everbright recently became a label of Epyx, the longtime computer game developer. Bible Builder is described as the alliance's first ‘edutainment’ title. |