"playception" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: playceptions [plural]
Etymology: play + -ception Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|play|ception}} play + -ception Head templates: {{en-noun}} playception (plural playceptions)
  1. (slang) A play that portrays actors staging a play or features an internal play; a play-within-a-play. Wikipedia link: Story within a story#Nested plays Tags: slang Categories (topical): Theater Synonyms: play-ception

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