Meanings
- rareuncountableFear of seeing one’s reflection in a mirror.
Not because I hate my reflection or that I suffer from Eisoptrophobia. Mirrors see straight through my facade.
20213, Jessica Sorensen, The Temptation of Lila and Ethan2 more examples
Apparently I do not suffer from eisoptrophobia. I say this because last year I looked in the mirror and realized I was the heaviest I'd been in a long time.
2010, Karen Linamen, A Waist Is a Terrible Thing to Mind: Loving Your Body, Accepting YourselfShe showed them through to the back of the shop where to his left Horton caught sight of a row of well-lit changing rooms with enough mirrors to terrorize anyone suffering from Eisoptrophobia.
2014, Pauline Rowson, Shroud of Evil: An missing persons police proceduralSynonyms: catoptrophobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFear of seeing one’s reflection in a mirror.
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eisoptrophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eisoptrophobia
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