NPC en · NOUN
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Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:roleplaying games, uncountable) Initialism of non-player character.
alt of non-player character
When it comes to open-world games and larger experiences, NPCs are crucial to immersing the player in the world and allowing them to feel as though the people they meet along their journey aren’t just robots but, in fact, real individuals and smaller but important pieces to the larger puzzles of the title. For The Witcher 4, game director Sebastian Kalemba has vowed to make every NPC in the upcoming installment look like “they’re living, with their own story.”
2025 January 5, Eleni Thomas, “The Witcher 4 Director reveals how NPCs are evolving like never before”, in Dexerto:
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(Internet, countable, figuratively, qualifier:roleplaying games, uncountable) Initialism of non-player character. ▸ A person with no ability to think for themselves; a sheeple (originally referring to opponents of US President Donald Trump).
While watching the VOD later, xQc insinuated that Fortnite pro Bucke was an "NPC" who was only there to defend Tate and not give Piker a fair shot – and what resulted afterward has caused quite a stir in its own right.
2022 July 22, Alec Mullins, “NRG Bucke kicks off after xQc calls him an “NPC” for siding with Andrew Tate”, in Dexerto, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2022:Several months ago, users on 4chan and Reddit, the online message forums, started using the term NPC to refer to liberals. These people, they said, join the anti-Trump crowd not because they are led by independent thought or conscience to oppose President Trump’s policies, but because they’re brainwashed sheep who have been conditioned to parrot left-wing orthodoxy, in the manner of a scripted character.
[2018 October 16, Kevin Roose, “What Is NPC, the Pro-Trump Internet’s New Favorite Insult?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2022:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of no patient care.
alt of no patient care
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Niemann-Pick disease type C.
alt of Niemann-Pick disease type C
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
alt of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of non-printing character.
alt of non-printing character
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(Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of neighbourhood police center.
alt of neighbourhood police center
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| NPCs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
POV · main character syndrome · FPV
Translations (8)
ru НИП (non-player character) · fr PNJ (non-player character) · es PNJ (non-player character) · it PNG (personaggio non-giocabile) (non-player character) · ru не́пись (non-player character) · ca PNJ (non-player character) · sv NPC (non-player character) · it NPC (non-player character)