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Recent Examples of ludic
Season two’s quests continue to be imaginative, ludic, and delightfully pointless.
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Lisa Kwon, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Corsage, playing in the Un Certain Regard strand at Cannes, although a late entry to the disaffected royalty subcategory, is arguably one of the most interesting so far, much closer to the ludic, imaginative queen of the genre, Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette (2006).
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2022
This ludic, and sometimes cruel, tradition continues today.
—Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2022
For years, app developers have tried to include fun, ludic aspects to all kinds of apps, from education to fitness.
—Elad Natanson, Forbes, 1 June 2021
After your treatment, bliss out on the Relaxation Deck, which is wrapped by a natural spring and houses a ludic therapy pool featuring hydrotherapy, cold mist, hydro jets, pressure showers, and waterfalls.
—Michelle Stansbury, Marie Claire, 3 Dec. 2020
And some notable game-makers like Firaxis Games (Civilization) and 11-Bit Studios (This War of Mine) are drawing inspiration from climate-change to craft ludic dilemmas that force players to make radical decisions in the face of overwhelming odds.
—Steven T. Wright, Ars Technica, 5 June 2020
Its hallmarks are relatively simple to describe, belying its revolutionary impact: There are the great cascades of left-hand chords, less ludic than Thelonious Monk’s surprise attacks but no less jagged or forceful.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2020
This ludic approach makes for some awkward challenges for the reader, who meets Edison as an old man, his children as adults and his second wife before his first.
—Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2019
Lisa Kwon, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Corsage, playing in the Un Certain Regard strand at Cannes, although a late entry to the disaffected royalty subcategory, is arguably one of the most interesting so far, much closer to the ludic, imaginative queen of the genre, Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette (2006).
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2022
This ludic, and sometimes cruel, tradition continues today.
—Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2022
For years, app developers have tried to include fun, ludic aspects to all kinds of apps, from education to fitness.
—Elad Natanson, Forbes, 1 June 2021
After your treatment, bliss out on the Relaxation Deck, which is wrapped by a natural spring and houses a ludic therapy pool featuring hydrotherapy, cold mist, hydro jets, pressure showers, and waterfalls.
—Michelle Stansbury, Marie Claire, 3 Dec. 2020
And some notable game-makers like Firaxis Games (Civilization) and 11-Bit Studios (This War of Mine) are drawing inspiration from climate-change to craft ludic dilemmas that force players to make radical decisions in the face of overwhelming odds.
—Steven T. Wright, Ars Technica, 5 June 2020
Its hallmarks are relatively simple to describe, belying its revolutionary impact: There are the great cascades of left-hand chords, less ludic than Thelonious Monk’s surprise attacks but no less jagged or forceful.
—David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2020
This ludic approach makes for some awkward challenges for the reader, who meets Edison as an old man, his children as adults and his second wife before his first.
—Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ludic
Adjective
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Johansson brings a playful, global sensibility to Greenlandic staples—using local ingredients like capelin and ptarmigan in ways that draw from both Asian and Mediterranean influences.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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This playful, colorful apartment block designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser ignores straight lines entirely and proves that architecture can be joyful rebellion.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There were humorous moments amid the writers’ accounts of tragedy.—
Rebecca Plevin,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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When the slasher eventually appears, stealing the group’s car before murdering them with a humorous bluntness, there is also a real atmosphere of dread.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Could all this jocular, misogynistic vulgarity influence anybody?—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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For years, Marvel films worked this jocular-fantastic angle, in pointed contrast to the grimdark expectorations of their DC counterparts, who were drowning in a morass of runaway budgets and brooding slo-mo.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But in the wider community, the word can sound flippant or even objectifying.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The art of bluffing in itself, which is what the movie is all about, isn’t something to be flippant about.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Given this is an AMA, there is no clear way to tell if Perkins was being facetious or not.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2025
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That quip no longer seems so facetious as a son of exiles who fled their homeland prepares to become America’s top diplomat.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN,
8 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Madelyn Cline went full-on Old Hollywood bombshell, kittenish liner, polished lengths, and all.—
Calin Van Paris,
Vogue,
15 Jan. 2023
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With a basis of flawless skin—smoothing and hydration offered via Kylie Skin Face Moisturizer and Eye Cream—Phillips pulled a thick wing of black liner along Jenner's lids, a diminutive wing beneath the lower lashline providing a kittenish complement.—
Calin Van Paris,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2021
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“Ludic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ludic. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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