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the acceptable face of the acceptable face of (something)A presentation, manifestation, or aspect of something that is or tries to be acceptable or even attractive. They claim to be defenders of free speech, but they're just trying to be the acceptable face of racism, if you ask me. Their country, with its economic success and reputation for human rights, has become the acceptable face of communism.See also: acceptable, face, ofthe acceptable face of the tolerable or attractive manifestation or aspect of. 1996 New York Review of Books He presents himself as the acceptable face of gambling…the man who, almost single-handedly, has turned a huckster's paradise into a gangster-free zone. See also: acceptable, face, of |