Definition of "NPC"

(roleplaying games, video games) Initialism of non-player character.

1. (Internet slang, figuratively) A person with no ability to think for themselves; a sheeple (originally referring to opponents of former US President Donald Trump).  quotations

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   • 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.]

     , archived from the original on 2022-12-30

   • 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 2022-09-25

(medicine, chiefly attributive) Initialism of no patient care.  examples

(medicine) Initialism of Niemann-Pick disease type C.  examples

(medicine) Initialism of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.  examples

(computing) Initialism of non-printing character.  examples

(Singapore) Initialism of neighbourhood police center.  examples

(Philippines) Initialism of National Power Corporation.  examples

(Philippines) Initialism of National Privacy Commission.  examples

(sports) Initialism of National Paralympic Committee.  examples

(Philippine politics) Initialism of Nationalist People's Coalition.  examples

(China) Initialism of National People's Congress.  examples

(US) Initialism of National Physique Committee.  examples

(US) Initialism of National Petroleum Council.  examples

(Nigeria) Initialism of Northern People's Congress.  examples

(New Zealand) Initialism of National Provincial Championship.  examples

(intransitive) To act as an NPC (“non-player character”) in a game.  quotations  examples