edutainment

noun

ed·​u·​tain·​ment ˌe-jə-ˈtān-mənt 

ˌe-dyü-

: entertainment (as by games, films, or shows) that is designed to be educational

Examples of edutainment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sony’s Climate Station, a free edutainment game for the PlayStation 5 and PS VR2, takes players through a year’s worth of weather events and charts the gradual warming of earth across the past 120 years. —Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026

His broader point lands because the wine business already knows that blending can be a popular form of edutainment when built into hospitality programs. —Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2026

Now his edutainment organization, PragerU, is partnering with the Trump Administration to educate the youth of America. —Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026

Training would likely build on the sort of learning that naturally occurs during play time with caregivers, as well as via children’s books and edutainment videos. —Aaron Buss, The Conversation, 19 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

education + entertainment

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for edutainment

• ascertainment
• entertainment
• arraignment
• attainment
• containment
• entrainment
• sustainment