How do I know your ability to speak isn't just an advanced form of mimicry?
Source: tatoeba (7063468)
Mimicry
Synonyms for "mimicry" (55 found)
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42 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- мимикрия noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Catalan
1 entries- mimetisme noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 擬態 /拟态 noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- 模仿 noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Czech
1 entries- mimikry noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Finnish
2 entries- jäljittely noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- mimiikka noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
French
2 entries- mimique noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- mimétisme noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
German
2 entries- Mimikry noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- Nachahmung noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Hebrew
2 entries- חיקוי noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- חקיינות noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Hindi
1 entries- अनुकरण noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Irish
2 entries- aithriseoireacht noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- athmhagadh noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Italian
4 entries- mimetismo noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- mimetizzazione noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- mimica noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- scimmiottamento noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Japanese
1 entries- 擬態 noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Kazakh
1 entries- қорғаныш рең noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Khmer
1 entries- ការធ្វើត្រាប់តាម noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Korean
2 entries- 입내 noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- 흉내 noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Malayalam
2 entries- മിമിക്രി noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- ശബ്ദാനുകരണം noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Persian
2 entries- میمیک noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- وانمایی noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Polish
1 entries- naśladownictwo noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Portuguese
2 entries- mimetismo noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- mímica noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Romanian
1 entries- mimetism noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Russian
2 entries- мими́крия noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- подража́ние noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Spanish
1 entries- mimetismo noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Swedish
1 entries- mimikry noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Tagalog
1 entries- gagad noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Turkish
2 entries- taklit noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
- öyküntü noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự bắt chước noun (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
It's female mimicry.
Source: tatoeba (7428240)
One of the key components of empathy is what scientists call facial mimicry.
Source: tatoeba (12104968)
They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but I still think I'm being mocked when he acts just like me.
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