inworld

inworld

English

Etymology

From in +‎ world.

Adjective

inworld (comparative more inworld, superlative most inworld)

1. (role-playing games) Inside the world of an MMORPG.
   • 2011, John Postill, Localizing the Internet: An Anthropological Account, Berghahn Books (2011), →ISBN, page 22:

     These inworld practices include weaving, building, trading, chatting, dancing, making love, flying and many others besides.

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Adverb

inworld (comparative more inworld, superlative most inworld)

1. (role-playing games) Inside the world of an MMORPG.
   • 2008, Tom Boellstorff, Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human, Princeton University Press (2008), →ISBN, page 125:

     Midbie status was shaped not just by the absolute amount of time since the creation of an account, but by the cumulative amount of time spent inworld.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:inworld.