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world-building

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[ wurld-bil-ding ]

noun

  1. the process of developing a detailed and plausible fictional world for a novel or story, especially in science fiction, fantasy, and video games:

    Drawing a convincing map with boundaries and landscape features is a natural starting point for world-building.



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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • world-build verb (used without object)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of world-building1

First recorded in 1820–25, referring to or contrasted with the Biblical creation of the world
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Example Sentences

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But in this age of expensive and overwrought world-building, it’s Ellison’s experiential care with well-worn material that delivers the goods.

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You’re doing some world-building, which to me seems like a requirement of pop stardom in the 2020s.

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In its bleakly funny mix of world-building by way of world-decaying, it memorably reclaims the term “suspended animation,†and is resonant enough to win.

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“Individual backstories and world-building is something that happens in the rehearsal process with the actors,†Busenlener says.

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There are a few quite distracting details in the world-building that never add up.

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