facework

The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.

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.

Origin

From face + work.

Forms

faceworks

Synonyms

facing

Related

faceworker