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Mimesis

//mɪˈmiːsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature wordnet
  3. 3
    Mimicry. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the representation of another person's words in a speech wordnet
  5. 5
    The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease wordnet
  2. 7
    The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation. countable, rhetoric, uncountable
  3. 8
    The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance. countable, rhetoric, uncountable

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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