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mimesis

Noun

mi=me=sis

WORDNET DICTIONARY

mimesis(n = noun.cognition) Array - the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature; Array

Derived form adjective mimetic₁

mimesis(n = noun.state) Array - any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease; Array

is a part of hysteria, hysterical neurosis

mimesis(n = noun.communication) Array - the representation of another person's words in a speech; Array

Derived form adjective mimetic₂

mimesis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. imitation.].

Imitation; mimicry. [1913 Webster]

mimesis, n. Biol. a close external resemblance of an animal to another that is distasteful or harmful to predators of the first.

Etymology

Gk mimesis imitation

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