cosplay: meaning and definitions

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What is cosplay?

What is cosplay?

  • this sense?) (countable) A costume that imitates a (usually fictional) character, especially from Japanese media (such as manga, anime, tokusatsu, video games, and Japanese pop music bands).
  • this sense?) (uncountable) The subculture centered on people wearing such costumes.
  • The art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character.
  • this sense?) A skit or instance of such play.
  • To costume oneself as (a character).

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