Entertaiment is a magazine that explores the creative, technical, and social issues around the emerging field of transformational entertainment. It has been published since Fall 2011. This article was programmatically compiled and may contain opinions from corpora and other sources that are not those of the editors of Merriam-Webster.
From Medieval Latin intertenere, from the prefix in- + tenere, meaning “to hold inside.” To entertain, or be entertained, is to fill someone with pleasure, amusement, or distraction. Often, what is considered entertaining to one person or group is not enjoyable to others. The familiar forms of entertainment — movies, books, music, art, games, and live performances — have demonstrated an amazing capacity to cross-over media and endure in popular culture.