Frontstage
adj, adv, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The public area of a business or enterprise.
"Another broad issue regarding the physical setting involves decisions about the setting's frontstage and backstage."
- 1 Open, occurring in full view of the public or in a public role. not-comparable
"In the light of the 'new work order' requiring explicit accounting of knowledge and responsibility as in case talks, evaluation of professional practice may be a matter of how and where boundaries are drawn between frontstage and backstage activities."
- 1 In full view of the public or in a public role. not-comparable
"There are many possible examples which you could use to answer this question: e.g. doctor–patient interactions where the doctor discusses the patient's problems backstage with a colleague or a nurse before meeting the patient frontstage."
Example
More examples"In the light of the 'new work order' requiring explicit accounting of knowledge and responsibility as in case talks, evaluation of professional practice may be a matter of how and where boundaries are drawn between frontstage and backstage activities."
Etymology
From front + stage, by analogy to backstage.
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