dual roles
Playing both characters
Dual roles are two distinct functions or positions held by a single person simultaneously.
An actor playing dual roles performs two characters in the same production.
In business, someone with dual roles might be both CEO and board chair.
The phrase often highlights potential conflicts: Her dual roles as judge and interested party raised ethical concerns.
- moonlightingCovert additional employment
- double lifeSecret parallel identity
- dualityTwofold nature
- identityWho someone is
- alter egoA secondary persona
double duty · archetype · understudy · balance · alias · manager · swing · juggling act · day job · caregiver · duplicity · dichotomy · contradiction · work-life balance · paradox · parent · code-switching · incognito
- gender rolesmasculinity, femininity, gender stereotypes, gender norms, gender binary
- role conflictswork-life balance
- ethics violationsbribery, bribes, kickbacks, kickback, nepotism
- acting techniquesmethod acting, emotional expression, vocal projection, voice modulation, voice control