facial

1. not comparablerelationalOf or affecting the face.
2. not comparablerelationalmedicineConcerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
3. not comparabletransferred senselaw(of a law or regulation validity) On its face; as it appears (as opposed to on a more probing analysis, as it is applied, etc.).

   The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.

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   Discipline is a form of counter-law, of dissymmetry and inequality, that operates under the discourse of juridical power to make possible the stated or facial claims of equality and rights characteristic of the French Revolution.

   2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 5, in Illusion of Order

plural facials

1. medicineA personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
2. broadcastingA kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.

   But in facials, moving picture technology also enabled an exaggeration of this performance tradition, bringing a new emphasis to the details […]

   2004, Simon Popple, Joe Kember, Early Cinema: From Factory Gate to Dream Factory, page 92

3. slanghobbies(in some contact sports) A foul play which involves one player hitting another's face.
4. slanglifestyleA sex act of ejaculation onto another person's face.

   Long-Dong Chuck gave his co-star a creamy facial.

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   For the piece she spoke to two women who said they enjoy facials, and who described the act as ‘the mark of a job well done’ and ‘really hot’. But Reid concludes that she herself finds facials deeply unpleasant.

   2021, Rachel Thompson, chapter 5, in Rough, Random House

   Synonyms: money shot