Entertaiment is the activity that involves entertainment, which occurs in a passive form and requires consumer activity. It can be defi ned objectively and encompasses communication between text and audience. It also comes from an external stimulus and offers pleasure. Its consumer activity is passive, but if it fails to provide a positive experience, it will be considered boring. The word derives from the medieval Latin inter tenere. Its Indo-European root is ten, meaning to stretch.
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