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worldbuilder

noun

Etymology

From world + builder.

  1. inherited from byldere
  2. compounded as worldbuilder — “world + builder”

Definitions

  1. One who constructs a world, especially a convincing fictional world for literature etc.

    • Many mistake my approach as hostile to the sacrosanct memory of J. R. R. Tolkien, undoubtedly one of the greatest worldbuilders of the 20th century and indirectly the father of both a literary and a gaming genre.
    • We are weary of theoretical worldbuilders who strive to construct logical designs that weave together all components of the social fabric.

The neighborhood

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