mirroring

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noun

A reflection or inversion.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mirror
nounmirroring (countable and uncountable, plural mirrorings)

plural mirrorings

  1. countableuncountableA reflection or inversion.

    Spenser has an intimate feel for Vergilian intratextuality, the mirrorings and repetitions that create patterns of likeness and difference, reaching over the whole text and linking images, motifs, and persons.

    2010, Joseph Farrell, Michael C. J. Putnam, A Companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its Tradition, page 183
  2. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe behavior in which one person consciously or subconsciously imitates the gesture, speech pattern, or attitude of another.

Translations

Polish odzwierciedlanie, odzwierciedlenie
  • odzwierciedlaniebehavior in which one person consciously or subconsciously imitates the gesture, speech pattern, or attitude of another
  • odzwierciedleniebehavior in which one person consciously or subconsciously imitates the gesture, speech pattern, or attitude of another
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APA

mirroring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirroring

MLA

“mirroring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirroring. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mirroring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirroring.

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