Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act of learning through a medium that both educates and entertains.
- n. Any of various media, such as computer software, that educate and entertain.
Wiktionary
- n. A form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, and games, especially computer games) that provides both education and entertainment.
WordNet 3.0
- n. entertainment that is intended to be educational
Etymologies
- Blend of education and entertainment (Wiktionary)
- edu(cation) + (enter)tainment. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“We call it 'edutainment' - you educate as you entertain.”
“This concept is commonly referred to as edutainment today.”
“It is the word-play of the great Graham Greene that gave us "edutainment" -- that is how the master referred to certain of his works.”
Andrew Loog Oldham: Mods & Rockers Festival: Mocking The Rockers
“Entertainment: Microsoft is trying hard in the fast-growing category that software developers call edutainment, a combination of education and entertainment.”
“It navigates between the shoals of entertainment and education with the so-called edutainment strategy.”
“Hard to believe the Republican fear machine needs any more help fomenting anger in the ill-informed and weak minded, but I suppose an unlimited flow of corporate "edutainment" might help them regain power after the unmitigated disaster that was the Bush administration.”
High court hears 'Hillary: The Movie!' campaign finance case
“I founded a small math "edutainment" firm dedicated to encouraging math achievement in disadvantaged communities, and generally enjoyed life from thereon.”
The Huffington Post: Iris Mack: Bob Rubin Just Wants to Be Cuddled
“Nor are we the lower grade but wildly abundant "edutainment" web sites that share the same instructional value as a Hershey's Kiss.”
Dr. Barbara Kurshan: What Chocolate Can Teach Us about Curriculum
“My God, does that mean Science Fiction was the first form of 'edutainment'?”
“Three out of the four speakers really knew how to work a room, making good on the publicist's promise of a day of engaging "edutainment," and the fourth -- even though, unlike the others, he worked from a prepared text and never left his spot behind the lectern -- nevertheless held people's attention with his material.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘edutainment’.
-
Words
Different Words
collectress, tachygenesis, star-scattered, liquescent, hyemation, boggler, springal, domineering, emove, repugn, kea, pettah and 19 more...
-
portmanteaus
slithy, chortle, mimsy, galumph, maffluent, smog, motel, momentaneous, splisters, swifting, editated, splatter and 73 more...
-
deidionysus's list
Words, words, words!
cartesian, shavian, dithyramb, dreadnaught, lea, adamantine, titanomachy, theomachy, aethereal, ambrosia, ambrosial, aether and 183 more...
-
Wordnik Words
Words that appear on the home page of Wordnik.
abaci, cabooleat, endomorphic, warfinger, varna, tautological, quesadillia, hub, oceanography, ken, ignimbrite, galactagogue and 110 more...
-
geekwad's Words
mysterium, elif, reckon, shadowy, ostensibly, unique, foodie, surreptitiously, asynchronous, insane, berserk, space pirate and 235 more...
-
To Learn & Use
extrapolate, Abderian, obstreperous, iconoclasm, tapsalteerie, agelast, ignimbrite, Abecedarian, Abligurition, Accubation, Aeolist, agerasia and 123 more...
-
amusements
why aren't you more manly
blamethrower, pretent, hob, persnickety, extemporanea, checkouted, sexy stuffs, tharm, cankle, asshat, guesstimate, truthiness and 11 more...
-
dumb neologisms
webinar, blog, staycation, prosumer, blogosphere, podcast, phishing, pharming, incentivize, ballinest, beaulicious, bennifer and 53 more...
-
Cool Words
Words on Wordnik that I think are awesome!
Tweets
Looking for tweets for edutainment.
demonika I first heard this word on Arthur the Aardvark Mar 23, 2010
bilby Gridiron? Feb 19, 2010
john What's the word for something that's totally boring, yet teaches you nothing? Feb 19, 2010