mirror image

noun

1. an image of an object, plan, person, etc., as it would appear if viewed in a mirror, with right and left reversed.
2. an object having a spatial arrangement that corresponds to that of another object except that the right-to-left sense on one object corresponds to the left-to-right sense on the other.

mirror image

noun

1. an image as observed in a mirror
2. an object that corresponds to another object in the same way as it would correspond to its image in a mirror

Word History and Origins

Origin of mirror image¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Appearing in the episode’s cold open as the mirror image of Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee reassured herself that “You can do something your opponent cannot do: You can open doors.”

From Los Angeles Times

The two franchises are mirror images of ineptitude, playing a game where even the winner was still going to be an all-time loser.

From Los Angeles Times

In many ways, it was a mirror image of President Biden’s massive failure of a debate against Trump months earlier.

From Salon

These Chargers are truly a mirror image of the smart and sturdy Harbaugh, who they hired in the winter after he won a national championship at the University of Michigan.

From Los Angeles Times

That was very purposeful to let them feel like mirror images of each other.

From Salon

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