immersive

English

Etymology

immerse +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv

Adjective

immersive (comparative more immersive, superlative most immersive)

1. Tending to immerse.
2. Giving the impression of immersion.
   • 1999, Janet M. Noyes, Malcolm James Cook, Interface Technology: The Leading Edge, Research Studies PressLtd, →ISBN, page 125:

     An immersive system usually allows the user to move around physically so it is important that the real world allows sufficient space for this to happen safely.

   • 2016, Adam Alston, Beyond Immersive Theatre: Aesthetics, Politics and Productive Participation, Springer, →ISBN, page 21:

     However, I maintain that many immersive theatre performances still tend to assign audiences to a scheme of production that is neoliberal in character and that affects the values and meanings that are attributable to that scheme of production.

Related terms

• immersiveness
• immersivity
• immersion

Translations

tending to immerse

giving the impression of immersion

• Catalan: immersiu
• German: immersiv, eindringlich (de)
• Portuguese: envolvente

French

Adjective

immersive

1. feminine singular of immersif

Italian

Adjective

immersive f

1. feminine plural of immersivo