obverse
noun
- front side of coins, medals, orders of merit, and paper bills
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɑb.vɚs/ / /ɑbˈvɝs/ / /əbˈvɝs/
adj
Etymology: From Latin obversus, 1650s.
- Turned or facing toward the observer.
“The obverse side of the gravestone has the inscription.”
- Corresponding; complementary.
“When you speak clearly, people understand you. If you don't mumble, the obverse effect is observed.”
- Having the base, or end next to the attachment, narrower than the top.
“an obverse leaf”
noun
Etymology: From Latin obversus, 1650s.
- The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.
“The medal had a cross on the obverse and had a name inscribed on the reverse.”
- A proposition obtained by obversion.
“White racism says that all black people are the same, with no right to or understanding of these words. Too much of what I have seen of black society simply assumes the obverse, that black people should have no interest in these words, that these words are irrelevant to or destructive of "black culture."”