ludic

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Recent Examples of ludic Psychologists Kolb and Kolb even gave it a name: ludic learning space. Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 Season two’s quests continue to be imaginative, ludic, and delightfully pointless. Lisa Kwon, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024 This ludic, and sometimes cruel, tradition continues today. Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2022 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ludic
Adjective
  • Today, the practice has taken on a playful twist, with people reimagining themselves in royal attire for humor and novelty.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Reeves was impressed with the script and, after meeting with Ansari in London, agreed to sign on for one of the most playful roles of his career (a scene with Rogen at a burger joint in which the angel learns to eat for the first time is an inspired bit of physical comedy).
    Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • TikTok users flooded the comments with emotional and humorous reactions.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • One humorous video created by comedian Jon Lajoie depicts Jesus sparring with the Easter Bunny in a podcast.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Modern American popular culture contains many jocular characters that resemble this folkloric bird, who is delightfully impervious to pain, from cartoon characters such as the Road Runner – an actual bird – to the foulmouthed, self-regenerating antihero Deadpool.
    Perin Gürel, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The incomprehensibility of it all, of every awful thing wreaking havoc at once, has Gus in a state of jocular shock.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • That might seem a bit flippant, but LIHTC projects are glitzy, new, and often incorporate all sorts of bells and whistles.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Where internet trolls often come off as flippant or spiteful, there is a relentless sense of play and mastery of language in even McNally’s most needling posts.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • This is not meant to be entirely facetious but who, exactly, would be doing the expecting?
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
  • This sounds facetious but is not at all.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Seductively kittenish, Gardner lives up to her profane reputation.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
  • 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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“Ludic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ludic. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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