mirror image
noun
1
a
: something that has its parts reversely arranged in comparison with another similar thing or that is reversed with reference to an intervening axis or plane
b
: the direct opposite
2
Examples of mirror image in a Sentence
The left side of the building is a mirror image of the right.
looking at the idealistic intern, the elderly physician could not help but see the mirror image of himself 40 years earlier
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In what seems to be the dark mirror image to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V.E. Schwab intertwines stories of three different women separated by seas and centuries: María in Santo Domingo de la Calzada (1532), Charlotte in London (1827), and Alice in Boston (2019).
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Natalie Zutter
june 2, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
Peering into the closet isn’t important only as a way of exploring the dark mirror image of the liberatory history of coming out.
—Duane Michals Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Following Florida’s 4-1 dispatch of rival Tampa Bay in the first round and seven games to end Toronto’s season, the East finals presents its own dynamic, because the Panthers and Hurricanes are mirror images in terms of defense-first mindsets.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
Now jump ahead to last year, when the right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson provided a mirror image of Yeltsin’s supermarket visit, only this time the supermarket was in Moscow.
—Eric Jason Martin Tanya Pérez Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Natalie Zutter
june 2, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
Peering into the closet isn’t important only as a way of exploring the dark mirror image of the liberatory history of coming out.
—Duane Michals Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Following Florida’s 4-1 dispatch of rival Tampa Bay in the first round and seven games to end Toronto’s season, the East finals presents its own dynamic, because the Panthers and Hurricanes are mirror images in terms of defense-first mindsets.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
Now jump ahead to last year, when the right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson provided a mirror image of Yeltsin’s supermarket visit, only this time the supermarket was in Moscow.
—Eric Jason Martin Tanya Pérez Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Mirror image.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mirror%20image. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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