mirror image

noun

Definition of mirror imagenext
as in image
something or someone that strongly resembles another 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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Recent Examples of mirror image Modern China presents a kind of mirror image to post-WWI France. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 19 May 2026 Also, the two opposing narratives were mirror images of each other in volume and posting cadence, suggesting that the same culprit may have been amplifying both sides of the fight. — Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026 This reductive view of the world—women things bad, men things good—is the mirror image of the worst excesses of 2010s Tumblr feminism, when introverted teenage girls posted hashtags like #KillAllMen and drank from mugs that read MALE TEARS. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026 The relationship between Matt and Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) this season is a mirror image of Fisk and Vanessa. — ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for mirror image
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mirror image
  1. image
  2. twin
  3. replica
  4. picture
  5. clone
  6. portrait
  7. duplicate
Noun
  • The flag was also draped over Khamenei’s casket in images published last week by his official X account.
    — Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Rodríguez Castro, the person said, projects a similar tough-guy image.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of image
Noun
  • The twins announced their Netflix partnership with, naturally, a YouTube video.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026
  • The iMETRO Dynamic Simulation creates a high-fidelity digital twin of NASA Johnson Space Center’s iMETRO research facility, enabling researchers worldwide to develop, validate, and refine intravehicular robotic systems in a virtual environment.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
Definition of twin
Noun
  • Not far away lay a replica Viking longship, a smaller version of the vessel used by their spiritual and ancestral kin to explore and raid from North America to North Africa a millennium earlier.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • He was later fished out — and a replica was installed on White House grounds.
    — Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026
Definition of replica
Noun
  • Before the incident, he was seen on video standing beside his grandchild, about 100 yards or so from where the bison was initially lying on the ground, snapping pictures with his phone.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • So now the narrative has shifted to the Sussexes not being interested in a meeting, but a picture.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 July 2026
Definition of picture
Noun
  • Much of the film is shot-for-shot, line of dialogue-by-line of dialogue a veritable clone.
    — Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 8 July 2026
  • Will today’s celebrities soon be sending their AI clones into our laptops to chat with us, advise us, keep us company?
    — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
Definition of clone
Noun
  • Colorful embroidery decorated Bluemarble’s washed blue jeans, while printed portraits were seen on Undercover’s jeans and key chains dangled from Vetements’ jeans with unraveled hems.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
  • Monks and ordinary Tibetans are forced to replace portraits of previous Dalai Lamas and even traditional thangkas with portraits of Xi Jinping and Mao Zedong.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
Definition of portrait
Noun
  • Her plans are derailed when a mysterious fluid begins flowing from her navel and transforms into a perfect but uncontrollable duplicate of herself.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 July 2026
  • There’s been potential discrepancies and a few ballots the machines have declined, but the board has unanimously voted to just make duplicates of those ballots with the same result, appeasing the tabulators.
    — Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026
Definition of duplicate

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“Mirror image.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mirror%20image. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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