edutainment

noun
/ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈteɪn.mənt/UK/ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈteɪn.mənt/US

Etymology

Blend of education + entertainment.

  1. derived from entretenement
  2. inherited from entretenement — “support, maintenance
  3. compounded as edutainment — “education + entertainment

Definitions

  1. Educational entertainment, a form of programming (cinematic, television, live action,…

    Educational entertainment, a form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, games or any material) that provides both education and entertainment.

    • In the three years since its beginning, the firm has managed to achieve lift-off into what is essentially the first mass market for vertical software in “edutainment,” software designed to be both educational and entertaining.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for edutainment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA