Mimesis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The imitation or representation of aspects of the sensible world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
  • n. Biology Mimicry.
  • n. Medicine The appearance, often caused by hysteria, of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
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  • n. The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
  • n. mimicry.
  • n. The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
  • n. The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
  • n. The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Imitation; mimicry.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In rhetoric, imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another, especially in order to represent his character. See prosopæa.
  • n. In zoology, mimicry; simulated resemblance; physical or physiological simulation by one animal of another, or of a plant or other part of its surroundings. See mimicry
  • n. The occurrence of symptoms, without organic basis or in the course of some disease, which simulate those of another disease.
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  • n. the representation of another person's words in a speech
  • n. the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
  • n. any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    citation    quote    quotation    imitation    disease   
    Form
    mimetic    mimicry   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    imitation    mimicry   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    vielle    nominalism    personation    frith    authoritarianism   
     
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