rôleplay

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rôleplay

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From rôle + play.

verb rôleplays · rôleplaying · rôleplayed

Dated spelling of roleplay. Looking at Traveller, I’d say offhand that the two most alien major races are the K’kree and the Hivers. But even they can be “explained” (well enough to rôleplay, anyway).

noun rôleplays

countable, uncountable Dated spelling of roleplay. On this basis it becomes clear why Bühler occasionally describes the symbols as rôle-indicating signs (cf. 1934: 381); though they are capable of undertaking a transference from the occurrence of the speech situation, they are unable to do without deictic pointers to produce the rôleplay in language

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"rôleplay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/r%C3%B4leplay. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

rôleplay. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/r%C3%B4leplay

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"rôleplay." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/r%C3%B4leplay.

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@misc{ro_leplay_2026,
  title = {rôleplay},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/r%C3%B4leplay},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}