mimesis
noun/mɪˈmiːsɪs/ · /məˈmiːsɪs/
Etymology From Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”). By surface analysis, mime + -esis.
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The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
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Biology, Natural sciences Mimicry.
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Medicine, Sciences The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
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Rhetoric The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
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Rhetoric The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.
- Derived terms
- andromimesis, biomimesis, ethnomimesis, gynemimesis, mimeography, mimetic, mimicry, neuromimesis, psychotomimesis, thanatomimesis