Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The acting out of a behavioral role or assumed character, as in therapy or education to expand awareness of differing points of view, or in certain games.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Action in which a person takes on a
role (as that of an actor) and pretends or acts out being that character. - verb Present participle of
role-play .
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Examples
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When the music and drums stop playing, there is no healing, only ritualistic role-playing that simulates and pretends to remove sickness.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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The Final Fantasy series is the apotheosis of Japanese role-playing games, with androgynous spiky-haired teenagers going on to upgrade their skills enough to save the world.
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Or, as hints accrue and a bit of role-playing turns abruptly serious, are they actually an old couple that has reunited?
Living in the Past, Fearing the Future Steve Dollar 2011
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Some of the games will be video games, but some of them will be role-playing or board games as well.
2009 September « This is what a computer scientist looks like 2009
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Dungeon Raid blends this with the further dependency-inducing role-playing trope of the upgrade path.
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Over the next forty years, the private world of this private young man became one of the most public role-playing worlds every created: The Forgotten Realms.
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Here's another bookshelf laden with manga, books on history, horror and science fiction novels, and more role-playing game books.
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Monster Hunter Tri isn't a simple hack-and-slash action role-playing game like Diablo or Torchlight.
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Tabletop role-playing games have been my passion for the last 25 years or so, manga only for the last 15.
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This action-heavy role-playing game begins with your village chief asking you, a notorious monster hunter, to investigate unnatural earthquakes — and stop whomever or whatever is responsible.
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