"non-player character" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-non-player character.wav Forms: non-player characters [plural]
Etymology: From non- + player character. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|player character}} non- + player character Head templates: {{en-noun}} non-player character (plural non-player characters)
  1. (roleplaying games, video games) A character in a role-playing game or computer game whose actions are not controlled by a player. Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Video games Synonyms: NPC, AI (english: for computer games, but not role-playing games), computer (english: for computer games, but not role-playing games) Translations (character in a role-playing game or computer game): personatge no jugador [masculine] (Catalan), 非玩家角色 (fēi-wánjiā juésè) (Chinese Mandarin), NPC (Finnish), ei-pelaaja-hahmo (Finnish), ei-pelaajahahmo (Finnish), personnage non-joueur (PNJ) [masculine] (French), ordi [masculine] (French), Nicht-Spieler-Charakter (NSC or NPC) (German), karakter non-pemain [singular] (Indonesian), personaggio non giocante (PNG) (Italian), bohater niezależny (BN) [masculine] (Polish), non-player character (NPC) [masculine] (Portuguese), personagem não jogável [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), personaj non-jucător [neuter] (Romanian), неигрово́й персона́ж (neigrovój personáž) [masculine] (Russian), personaje no-jugador (NPC) [masculine] (Spanish), spelledarperson (SLP) (Swedish), неігрови́й персона́ж (neihrovýj personáž) (alt: НІП) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (Internet slang, derogatory) A person who does not think for themselves nor make their own decisions. Tags: Internet, derogatory
    Sense id: en-non-player_character-en-noun-h1PHsEpB Categories (other): English terms prefixed with non-, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with non-: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 48 52

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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