showee
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]showee (plural showees)
- The person or entity to whom something is shown.
- 2006, Bruce Christianson, Bruno Crispo, James A. Malcolm, Security Protocols: 12th International Workshop, page 18:
- When you show a credential there's a protocol whereby the showee has assurance that the shower possesses a credential of the particular type without actually seeing the bit string.
- 2013, Peter Siemund, Varieties of English: A Typological Approach, page 220:
- A situation of showing implies a 'shower' (the person showing) and the thing shown, as well as the person shown to (the 'showee').
- 2018, Elisabeth Reber, Cornelia Gerhardt, Embodied Activities in Face-to-Face and Mediated Settings, page 153:
- Once the showee looks at the object, the shower removes his or her gaze from the showee and gazes back at the object (see below and Fig. 5.2).