Definition of edutainment
: entertainment (as by games, films, or shows) that is designed to be educational
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The rest of the Pippin catalogue consisted of several dozen multimedia and edutainment titles, such as Dragon Ball Z, Anime Designer and Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, and Japan-only games like Tunin'Glue and L-Zone.
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Now, the retail giant is at it again, this time offering a handheld version of the '70s edutainment classic.
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The detailing of their physical and emotional injuries is laid in an almost edutainment style, citing statistics about suicide, and careful questionnaires about mental distress.
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Rather, Sesame Street opened up a new value-cost frontier that unlocked the new market of preschool edutainment that, for the most part, had never existed before.
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Interestingly enough, while my own geeklings still include the Street in their edutainment diet, PBS has considerably beefed up its kid-friendly offerings in the ensuing 30 years.
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Origin and Etymology of edutainment
education + entertainment
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Definition of edutainment for English Language Learners
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: entertainment (such as through games, films, or shows) that is designed to teach something
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