fish bowl

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English

A small fish bowl in a person's hand.

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fish bowl (plural fish bowls)

  1. A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium.
  2. (by extension) Any place or event that lacks privacy or is intensely scrutinized.
  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.
    • 1969, Oklahoma Librarian‎, volume 19, Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Library Association:
      John Hinkle, Outreach Consultant, observing a fishbowl conversation.
    • 2002, Julius E. Eitington, “Additional Techniques for Small Group Training”, in The Winning Trainer: Winning Ways to Involve People in Learning, 4th edition, Butterworth–Heinemann, →ISBN, page 67:
      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
  4. The central and smallest circle where the speakers are located in some versions of such a discussion.

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