"Mirrorverse" meaning in All languages combined

See Mirrorverse on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: mirror + -verse Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mirror|verse}} mirror + -verse Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mirrorverse
  1. (fandom slang) The Mirror Universe of Star Trek, a dark parallel universe to the main setting of the franchise, in which humans are brutal, despotic conquerors. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Fictional universes, Star Trek Hypernyms: Trekiverse, Trekverse

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