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mimetic

adj
/mɪˈmɛtɪk/

Etymology

From Latin mīmēticus or its etymon Ancient Greek μῑμητικός (mīmētikós, “imitative”). By surface analysis, mime + -etic.

  1. borrowed from μῑμητικός
  2. borrowed from mīmēticus

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting mimesis.

    • No enthusiasm recalled by mimetic art could hold poise with the intensity of the actual exultation of the Athenians on that day when they saw the Persian fleet hacked to pieces in the narrow strait.

  2. Imitative.

    • This is a planned city, built wholesale from scratch, and coloured with a mimetic sense of humour. Lusail has a replica Place Vendôme. Lusail has a fake Beverly Hills (still under construction).

  3. Something mimetic or imitative.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A type of mnemonic in the form of a picture.

    2. A substance with similar pharmacological effects as another substance or as a lifestyle…

      A substance with similar pharmacological effects as another substance or as a lifestyle intervention such as diet or exercise.

      • caloric restriction mimetic
      • exercise mimetic
      • serotonin mimetic

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Derived

adrenomimetic, allelomimetic, amylinomimetic, andromimetic, anthropomimetic, antimimetic, bacteriomimetic, betamimetic, biomimetic, calcimimetic, cannabimimetic, cholinomimetic, comimetic, estromimetic, ethnomimetic, glycomimetic, glycopeptidomimetic, gynemimetic, immunomimetic, membrane mimetic chemistry, mimetically, mimetic desire, mimeticism, mimeticist, mimeticity, morphinomimetic, mucomimetic, neuromimetic, non-mimetic, non-mimetic fiction, osteomimetic, pathomimetic, peptidomimetic, phagomimetic, pharmacomimetic, phosphomimetic, phosphopeptidomimetic, physiomimetic, proteinomimetic, proteomimetic · +8 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mimetic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA