role-playing verbal noun. ['rǝʊlpleɪɪŋ] M20.
[from ROLE + PLAYING.]
1. Chiefly Psychology. The acting out or performance of a particular role, either consciously, as a technique in psychotherapy, training, etc., or unconsciously, in accordance with the perceived expectations of society as regards a person's behaviour in a particular position. M20.

2. Participation in a role-playing game; the playing of such games. L20.

Comb.:
role-playing game a game in which players take on the roles of imaginary characters, usu. in a setting created by a referee, and thereby vicariously experience the imagined adventures of these characters.

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