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mimetic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective mimetic has 2 senses
- mimetic(s = adj.all) Array - characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis; "a mimetic dance"; "the mimetic presentation of images" Derived form noun mimesis1
- mimetic(s = adj.all) Array - exhibiting mimicry; "mimetic coloring of a butterfly"; "the mimetic tendency of infancy" Derived form noun mimesis3
CIDE DICTIONARY
mimetic, [Gr. , fr. to imitate.].
- Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative. [1913 Webster]
- Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See Mimicry. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mimetic, adj.
1 relating to or habitually practising imitation or mimicry.
2 Biol. of or exhibiting mimesis.
1 relating to or habitually practising imitation or mimicry.
2 Biol. of or exhibiting mimesis.
Derivative
mimetically adv.
Etymology
Gk mimetikos imitation (as MIMESIS)
THESAURUS
mimetic
apish, delineatory, depictive, echoic, embodying, emulative, figurative, graphic, ideographic, illustrational, illustrative, imitative, incarnating, limning, mimic, mimish, onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic, personifying, pictographic, pictorial, portraying, representational, representative, representing, simulative, symbolizing, typifying, vivid
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