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A reversal of attitude, policy, or principle. / (literature, chiefly poetry) A dramatic change in mood or tone.

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volte-face

Source Word

volte-face

IPA(Pronunciation)

A reversal of attitude, policy, or principle. / (literature, chiefly poetry) A dramatic change in mood or tone.

Japanese Meaning

態度、政策、原則などの急激または劇的な転換 / （主に詩などの文学において）情緒や口調の劇的な変化

After months of negotiation, the committee's sudden volte-face surprised all the stakeholders.

数カ月にわたる交渉の後、委員会の突然の方針転換はすべての関係者を驚かせた。

Sense（1）

A reversal of attitude, policy, or principle.

Psychoanalysis has sprung many surprises on us, performed more than one volte face before our indignant eyes.

Sense（2）

(literature, chiefly poetry) A dramatic change in mood or tone.

Shakespeare often used volte-faces in the rhyming couplets at the end of his sonnets.

volte-faces

（ plural ）