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mimesis

noun
/mɪˈmiːsɪs/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”). By surface analysis, mime + -esis.

  1. derived from μῑ́μησις

Definitions

  1. The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature…

    The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.

  2. Mimicry.

  3. The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.

    2. The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.

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Derived

andromimesis, biomimesis, ethnomimesis, gynemimesis, mimeography, mimetic, mimicry, neuromimesis, psychotomimesis, thanatomimesis

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