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role reversals

role reversals is the plural of role reversal.

Meaning of role reversal

Noun

role reversal (countable and uncountable, plural role reversals)

  1. A situation in which two people adopt roles that are the reverse of the roles they normally assume in relation to one another.
    • 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 me1996, Placebo, “Nancy Boy”

Questions about role reversals

What is role reversals the plural of?
Role reversals is the plural of role reversal.

Words near role reversals in the dictionary

  1. role playing game
  2. role playing games
  3. role playings
  4. role plays
  5. role reversal
  6. role reversals
  7. role-based
  8. role-model
  9. role-models
  10. role-oriented
  11. role-oriented language

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