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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There were plenty of other disappointments, and those seasons were the mirror images of what this exercise is calling for.
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The two substances would then not be mirror images of each other, but fundamentally different entities with distinct properties.
—Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Lincoln’s trajectory is the mirror image of Booth’s, but eventually their paths tragically converge.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
That current account balance is the mirror image of the EU’s own imbalance between its domestic savings and domestic investment.
—Erik Jones, Foreign Affairs, 13 Jan. 2025
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The two substances would then not be mirror images of each other, but fundamentally different entities with distinct properties.
—Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
Lincoln’s trajectory is the mirror image of Booth’s, but eventually their paths tragically converge.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
That current account balance is the mirror image of the EU’s own imbalance between its domestic savings and domestic investment.
—Erik Jones, Foreign Affairs, 13 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mirror image
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“Mirror image.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mirror%20image. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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