gamification

[gey-muh-fi-key-shuhn]

noun

1. the process of turning an activity or task into a game or something resembling a game.

   Teachers can use gamification to motivate their students.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gamification¹

First recorded in 2000–05; game ¹ + -i- + -fication

Example Sentences

Australian girls are being hunted by online crime networks and coerced into acts of violence - against themselves, their siblings or pets - in a "twisted type of gamification", police have warned.

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“So there’s this huge gamification, even with the trophy.”

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The gamification may be fun, but it’s purposeful too, Enzensberger says.

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That I have become a pawn in the gamification of health data.

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Then there’s the gamification we saw with Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary election two weeks ago.

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