facework

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
  2. The communicative strategies involved in upholding face or social prestige.
  3. Work done at the face, such as the coalface.

Word forms

facework faceworks

Etymology

From face + work.

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