gamification

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *gamaną
Proto-West Germanic *gaman
Old English gamen
Middle English game
English gam(e)
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *θakos
Proto-Italic *-fakos
Latin -ficus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -ficō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ficātiō
Old French -ificationbor.
Middle English -ificacioun
English -ification
English gamification

    From gam(e) +‎ -ification.

    Noun

    gamification (countable and uncountable, plural gamifications)

    1. The use of gameplay mechanics for non-game applications (as for example making work less onerous; incentivization; or pedagogy).
      • 2013, Dave Eggers, The Circle, Vintage Books, page 373:
        Homelessness could be helped or fixed, she knew, once the gamification of shelter allotment and public housing in general was complete.
      • 2025 October 11, Nitsuh Abebe, “The Suffix That Tells Us to Ruthlessly Optimize Everything”, in The New York Times Magazine‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 October 2025:
        You could see this in the way maxxing strategies pointed to extremes — not just unsettling ones (eating disorders, height surgeries, high-octane misogyny), but also this weird gamification of mundane social tactics your parents already told you about (wash your face, wear a decent shirt, get some exercise).

    Descendants

    • → Indonesian: gamifikasi
      • → Malay: gamifikasi
    • → Japanese: ゲーミフィケーション (gēmifikēshon)

    Translations

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