mimesis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĭmē′səs
• IPA^(key): /mɪˈmiːsɪs/
• Rhymes: -iːsɪs

Noun

mimesis (countable and uncountable, plural mimeses)

1. The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
2. (biology) Mimicry.
3. (medicine) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
4. (rhetoric) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
5. (rhetoric) The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.

Translations

the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions

• French: mimèse (fr), mimèsis (fr)
• Occitan: mimèsi f

• Spanish: mimesis (es)
• Tagalog: gagad

Derived terms

• mimetic
• mimicry

References

• Silva Rhetoricae

Anagrams

• mimsies

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Spanish

Noun

mimesis f (plural mimesis)

1. mimesis