face to face

in person (as opposed to by telephone, etc.)

Face to Face may refer to: In music:Face to Face (album)Face to Face (new wave band), a 1980s band from BostonFace to Face (punk band), a 1990s band from CaliforniaFace-to-Face, a number of tours shared by Elton John and Billy JoelA song:"Face to Face" (song), a 1992 single by Siouxsie & the Banshees"Face to Face," by Loudness from the 1986 album Lightning Strikes"Face to Face," by Daft Punk from the 2001 album Discovery"Face to Face," by Sevendust from the 2003 album Seasons"Face to Face," a song by French House duo Daft Punk
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The face-to-face relation refers to a concept in the French philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas' thought on human sociality. Lévinas' phenomenological account of the "face-to-face" encounter serves as the basis for his ethics and the rest of his philosophy. For Lévinas, "Ethics is first philosophy." Lévinas argues that the encounter of the Other through the face reveals a certain poverty which forbids a reduction to Sameness and, simultaneously, installs a responsibility for the Other in the Self.
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Adverb
1. involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke facel to face"

Adjective
1. in each other's presence; "a face-to-face encounter"
(similar) personal
Adverb
1. within each other's presence; "she met the president face-to-face"
2. directly facing each other; "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table"
(synonym) opposite

<jargon, chat> (F2F, IRL) Used to describe personal interaction in real life as opposed to via some digital or electronic communications medium.
(1997-01-31)

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Crying face to face in an ox cape.
Referring to people that share misery together.