Playception

Quick meaning: Playception is a noun meaning (slang) A play that portrays actors staging a play or features an internal play; a play-within-a-play.

Meaning

(slang) A play that portrays actors staging a play or features an internal play; a play-within-a-play.

Example Sentences

Playception: Each actor must portray a character playing another character.

"[title of show]" tells the story about two guys writing a play about two guys who are writing a play. You get a play-ception sort of feel watching this performance.

“It's playception,” junior Isabel Leiva described, explaining the premise of the play. With an endless list of costumes, props, and characters, and a play-within-a-play, the complexity of the show has proven to be a big challenge for the cast and crew.

Word Forms

• playceptions
• play-ception

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include metaplay, playacting, play-acting, playgoing, antiplay, playwrite.

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