Meaning of cosplay | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character.
   uncountable
2. A skit or instance of this art or practice.
   countable

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Examples

“Men, of course, also participate⟳ in cosplay and all its attending events, but women make⟳ up the greater numbers.”

“The environments and spaces created for and by cosplay provide⟳ cosplayers with a variety of spaces for social interactions.”

“It didn't take⟳ long for anime cons and cosplay to become⟳ a part of popular culture fandom in the West[…]”

“Central to the activity of cosplay is elaborate costuming, though some cosplays are enacted using a game system.”

“According to a student from France who went to Japan to study⟳ Japanese, "Universities in France are like⟳ Halloween when otaku students engage⟳ in these cosplays. They take⟳ Japanese language because of anime, but they see⟳ after a few classes that it's hard and not fun. Many drop out" (author interview, 2009).”

“Popular cosplays include⟳, for example, characters from the Final Fantasy range of games[…]”

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