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Definitions for Mimesis

[1] Rhetoric . imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another, as in order to represent his or her character.
[2] (in literature, film, art, etc.) imitation of the real world, as by re-creating instances of human action and events or portraying objects found in nature: This movie is a mimesis of historical events. the showing of a story, as by dialogue and enactment of events. Compare diegesis.
[3] Biology . imitation.
[4] Zoology . mimicry.
[5] Also mimosis. Pathology . the simulation, due to hysteria, of the symptoms of a disease. the simulation of the symptoms of one disease by another.
[6] art literature the imitative representation of nature or human behaviour
[7] any disease that shows symptoms of another disease a condition in a hysterical patient that mimics an organic disease
[8] biology another name for mimicry (def. 2)
[9] rhetoric representation of another person's alleged words in a speech

Words related to Mimesis

pastiche, impersonation, reflection, impression, clone, replica, reproduction, mimicry, parody, caricature, camouflage, imitation, posture, apery, ringer, image, fake, dupe, takeoff, counterfeit

Words nearby Mimesis

mimba, mimbar, mime, mimeo, mimeograph, mimesis, mimetic, mimetism, mimetite, mimi, mimic

Origin of Mimesis

1540–50; < Greek mī́mēsis ‘imitation’, equivalent to mīmē- (variant stem of mīmeîsthai ‘to copy’) + -sis -sis

Word origin for Mimesis

C16: from Greek, from mimeisthai to imitate

Synonyms for Mimesis

pastiche, apery, camouflage, caricature, imitation, parody, posture, mimetism, mimicking, mocking