"litRPG" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: litRPGs [plural]
Etymology: Blend of literary + RPG (“role playing game”) Etymology templates: {{blend|en|literary|RPG|gloss2=role playing game}} Blend of literary + RPG (“role playing game”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|head=litRPG}} litRPG (countable and uncountable, plural litRPGs)
  1. (uncountable) A genre of fantasy fiction, which is set in a world resembling that of a role-playing game (RPG), complete with levelling up, points statistics and game systems; frequently featuring the fantasy races found in RPGs. The protagonists in this genre are commonly awakened/reincarnated/transported/summoned into the game world, or are unable to log-off of a virtual reality (VR) RPG game. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-litRPG-en-noun-lNz4JEys Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English blends: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8
  2. (countable) A work of fiction of this genre. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-litRPG-en-noun-o0kZatZY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: LitRPG

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