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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
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
The way China surplus’s remains the mirror image of the U.S. deficit is just one of the many, complex forms in which the U.S. and Chinese economies continue to rely on one another, even as the ties become harder to see in topline economic data.
—Brad Setser, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2024
Unfortunately the 2022 and 2023 seasons were more or less a mirror image.
—Craig Mish, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
True to its title, its songs are full of dualities: angels and demons, grief and healing, dreams and realities, mirror images.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 3 June 2024
The iconic Los Angeles strip serves as a mirror image to the utopia of Barbie Land.
—Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Mirror image.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mirror%20image. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
mirror image
noun
: something that has its parts joined together in much the same way as those of something else except that each part of one thing is directly opposite to the corresponding part of the other thing and located on the opposite side of, the same distance away from, and facing in the same way toward or away from an axis or plane between the two things
the two sides of an animal with bilateral symmetry are mirror images of each other
Medical Definition
mirror image
noun
: 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
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