Definition of "mirror image" []

• An image that has its parts arranged with a reversal of right and left, as it would appear if seen in a mirror. (noun)

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• "This was the mirror image of the Cold War, where the Soviets had enough nuclear devices to end civilization, yet their intentions about what they might do with those weapons were so opaque that the art of Kremlinology sprang up to divine what their plans might be."
• "Anxiety rose in Aya at the sightthe mirror image of obscurity panic."
• "Far from looking like a war zone, Kuwait International Airport was a mirror image of every major airport in America."