English Explanatory Dictionary

mimetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Exhibiting mimesis.
  2. Imitative.
noun
  1. Something mimetic or imitative.
  2. A type of mnemonic in the form of a picture.
  3. A substance with similar pharmacological effects as another substance or as a lifestyle intervention such as diet or exercise.

Pronunciation

/mɪˈmɛtɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mimetic.wav

Word forms

mimetic more mimetic most mimetic mimetick mimetics

Etymology

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

Antonyms

nonmimetic phonomimetic

Related words

memetic

Derived words

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 psychomimetic psychotomimetic radiomimetic sympathomimetic thanatomimetic thyromimetic vagomimetic zoomimetic
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