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Vice Versa

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Vice versa is a Latin phrase that means "the other way around" and when something is true even in the opposite order.[1]

Origin

The phrase comes from the 17th century Latin words "vicis" which means an alteration (but it can also mean a place or position), and "vertere" which means to turn.[2]

Film

  • Vice Versa (1916 film), a film adaptation of Thomas Anstey Guthrie's 1882 novel with the same name, starring Charles Rock
  • Vice Versa (1948 film), the third film adaptation of Guthrie's novel, starring Roger Livesey
  • Vice Versa (1988 film), the fourth film adaptation of Guthrie's novel, featuring Judge Reinhold

Literature

  • Vice Versa (magazine), a publication for lesbians
  • Vice Versa (novel), an 1882 novel by Thomas Anstey Guthrie
  • Vice Versa (play), a play by Edward Rose, based on the novel
  • Vice Versa: Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life, a book by Marjorie Garber
  • Éditions Vice-Versa, a magazine at the centre of Aubry v Éditions Vice-Versa Inc, a leading Supreme Court of Canada case about Quebec privacy rights

Music

  • Vice Versa (album), by German duo Funkstörung
  • Vice Versa (band), a band from Sheffield, England
  • Viceversa (Francesco Gabbani album), released in 2020
    • "Viceversa" (song), the title track from the album
  • Viceversa (Gilberto Santa Rosa album), released in 2002

See also

  1. ^ "Vice versa meaning". Theidioms.com. The Idioms. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Vice versa origin". Theidioms.com. The Idioms. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
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