black mirror
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of Claude glass.
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, mirror.
noun
A technocratic dystopia of the kind featured in the television series Black Mirror.
Derogatory; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "She had marvellous eyes; great, wide-open, and as black and soft as velvet, with a mysterious depth. To look in them was like gazing at a black mirror such as Doctor Dee used in his wizard rites."
- "Thus, when Manet speaks of using the black mirror—and X-ray examinations of the head seem to confirm his statements—he does so, apparently, in the manner of those Renaissance painters who saw it as a “judge” and “master”."
- "This AI-generated uncanny-valley metaverse avatar is straight out of Black Mirror."