mirroring

mirroring is the present participle and gerund of mirror.

Noun

mirroring (countable and uncountable, plural mirrorings)

A 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
The behavior in which one person consciously or subconsciously imitates the gesture, speech pattern, or attitude of another.

mirror (third-person singular simple present mirrors, present participle mirroring, simple past and past participle mirrored)

(transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.
(transitive) To act as a reflection of, either by being identical to, or by being identical but reversed.
- The placement of the paintings mirrored the positions of the windows on the opposite wall.
(intransitive, transitive) Of an event, activity, behavior, to be identical to; to be a copy of; to imitate closely.
- He tried to mirror Elvis's life by copying his fashion and mannerisms.
Synonyms:

mimic
(Internet, transitive) To create something identical to (a website, etc.).

plural	mirrorings

What does mirroring mean?: Mirroring means a reflection or inversion.
What is mirroring the present participle and gerund of?: Mirroring is the present participle and gerund of mirror.
What part of speech is mirroring?: Mirroring is a noun.
What is the plural of mirroring?: The plural of mirroring is mirrorings.

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