public displays
Spectacles for everyone
Public displays are demonstrations or exhibitions intended for general observation.
The phrase often appears in public displays of affection—kissing, hand-holding, or other intimate behavior in view of others.
Public displays can also be deliberate performances: a public display of grief, a public display of wealth.
The term sometimes carries judgment—that something private is being made inappropriately visible.
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- victory paradeCeremonial march for winners
- crowdLarge public gathering
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- protest marchGroup walk expressing opposition
mural · performance · PDA · vigil · exhibition · billboard · march · street art · protest · cheers · rally · fireworks · sit-in · busking · light show · town crier · town square · open air
- Bonfire Nightbonfire, bonfires, Guy Fawkes, sparklers, sparkler
- religious issueschurch and state, religious freedoms, religious tolerance, religious exemptions, interfaith
- conservationconservation, wildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary
- art exhibitionsgalleries, art shows, exhibits, gallery shows, group show
- propagandapropaganda, brainwashing, disinformation, misinformation, indoctrination
- numismaticscoin collecting, coin, coinage, coin collections, rare coins
openness vs. concealment
public displaysconcealment
Act of hiding something
suppression · repression · bottling up · keeping quiet · holding back