black mirror
Powered-off phone surface
A black mirror is a dark, reflective surface—originally an actual mirror with black backing used by artists to study tonal values and by occultists for scrying and divination.
The term now evokes technology's dark reflective screens (phones, tablets, televisions) that show us distorted versions of ourselves and society.
This sense was popularized by the British television series exploring technology's sinister potential: When the screen goes dark, it becomes a black mirror reflecting your face.
Imaginary terrible society
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- satireMockery exposing vice
- NetflixSubscription streaming service
episodes · streaming · sci-fi · speculative · social commentary · surveillance · AI · ethics
dystopia
Imaginary terrible society
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- satireMockery exposing vice
Netflix · episodes · streaming · sci-fi · speculative · social commentary · surveillance · AI · ethics · data privacy
screen
Display or barrier
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
- tabletFlat portable computing device
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
display · glossy · reflection · obsidian · polished · opaque · glint · dormant · blank · stare
- black glassobsidian, opaque glass, tinted glass
- divinationdivination, fortune telling, fortune-telling, fortune teller, tarot
- divination toolstarot cards, crystal ball, pendulum, rune stones, oracle cards
- occult objectsOuija board, crystal ball, tarot cards, voodoo doll, amulet
- occult toolswand, tarot cards, cauldron, crystal ball, grimoire
- paranormal equipmentOuija board, spirit box, ghost box, planchette, talking board
black mirrorlooking glass
Archaic word for mirror
transparent glass · window · crystal · white light · vanity mirror
black, mirror, blacks, blacker, blackest, blacken, blackened, blackening, blackness