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playbor

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A hybrid form of play and labour, specifically in the games industry.

uncountable

Examples

“The fun, pleasurable aspect of playbor troubles scholars because it seems to suggest⟳ that playborers are not exploited; exploitation is supposed to be immiserating, not fun. Furthermore, the characterization of playbor as exploitative might easily be read⟳ as something of an insult to the exploitation of real (material) labor, which is in fact immiserating.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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