mimicry
nounAU, CA, UK, US /ˈmɪm.ɪ.kɹi/
Etymology From mimic + -ry.
1
An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.
- They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but I still think I'm being mocked when he acts just like me.
- When animal mimicry goes really wrong they don't just look like something that a predator would ignore, they look like lunch.
- Derived terms
- aggressive mimicry, ant mimicry, automimicry, auto-mimicry, Batesian mimicry, biomimicry, glycomimicry, mimicry plant, Müllerian mimicry, osteomimicry, peptidomimicry, phagomimicry, phosphomimicry, Pouyannian mimicry, sexual mimicry, theriomimicry