mimesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
Mimicry.
The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.

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

meme memetic

andromimesis biomimesis ethnomimesis gynemimesis mimeography mimetic mimicry neuromimesis psychotomimesis thanatomimesis

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