Meaning of role play | Babel Free

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Dated form of roleplay.

alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable

Examples

“Lesbian, 34, seeks lesbians who enjoy⟳ occasional anal sex and role plays. Light⟳ s/m ok too.”

“After lunch, candidates steeled themselves for the day's real challenge⟳: an afternoon of role-playing. Sue Wright, the clinical program's coordinator of admissions (and the producer of this annual event), said, "As far as we know⟳, ours is the only program⟳ that uses role plays in the interview process⟳."”

““[…] There are even zones on certain servers where people go to ERP.” “ERP?” “Erotic role play⟳.” “You go into these games to have⟳ sex?””

“The second project, role play⟳ in packaway settings, was conducted over an extended period of time and moved the mosaic approach⟳ from a method, a way of collecting data, to an ethnographic methodology in which I was immersed in the setting and was able to understand⟳ the lived experiences of the children.”

“Everything that happens in the incident discussions and in the rôle plays is from then on regarded as a given fact. Thus, if in a rôle play⟳ two executives of Wilma do not succeed⟳ in solving the presented problem and get⟳ into an emotional dispute, this event is a fact that must be taken into consideration.”

“Chris Robson, one of our project teachers, found that her group of 10-year-old slow learners could not grasp the concept of a standard unit of weight until she set⟳ up a rôle play⟳ for them. She introduced ‘Weight Street’ to them. Weight Street had three sweet shops and no standard weights.”

““Yvon changes characters,” Denni insisted indignantly, his expression showing hurt⟳ . “I just dress up to set⟳ a rôle play⟳.””

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