Speakur

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role reversal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
role re-ver-sal
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation in which two people adopt roles that are the reverse of the roles they normally assume in relation to one another.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

role reversals (plural)

Questions

What does role reversal mean?
A situation in which two people adopt roles that are the reverse of the roles they normally assume in relation to one another.

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