role reversal en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A situation in which two people adopt roles that are the reverse of the roles they normally assume in relation to one another.
The table opposite me is occupied by a young couple with a table full of alcohol and snacks. In a role reversal, he is drinking Smirnoff Ice while she steadily demolishes a six-pack of lager!
2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74:And it all breaks down at the role reversal Got the muse in my head, she's universal Spinning me round, she's coming over me
1996, Placebo, “Nancy Boy”:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| role reversals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
fi roolin kääntyminen (Translations) · ar اِنْعِكَاس الأَدْوَارِ (Translations) · hu szerepcsere (Translations) · fr inversion des rôles (Translations) · pl odwrócenie ról (Translations) · pl zamiana ról (Translations) · hu szerepváltás (Translations)