Meaning of fish bowl | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium.
2. Any place or event that lacks privacy or is intensely scrutinized.
   broadly
3. A variety of discussions where participants are organized in concentric circles and take turns where they and others in the same group are allowed to speak according to a set of rules.
4. The central and smallest circle where the speakers are located in some versions of such a discussion.

Equivalents

Examples

“We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish⟳ bowl / Year after year”

“John Hinkle, Outreach Consultant, observing a fishbowl conversation.”

“The fishbowl can assume⟳ several configurations. Its most common form⟳ is simply an inner ring⟳ (Group A), which is the discussion group, surrounded by an outer ring⟳ (Group B), which is the observation group”

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