autoscopy.

An experience of seeing one’s own body or a double of it as if externally present.

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Words that belong together

• an autoscopic experience
• reported autoscopy

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She reported autoscopy after seeing her own seated figure where the chair stood empty.

The account of autoscopy preserved the experience without confirming that another body occupied the room.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural autoscopies for distinct reported episodes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.