mimesis

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĭmēsəs
• IPA^(key): /mɪmiːsəs/
• /mImi:s@s/
• Rhymes: -iːsəs

Noun

mimesis (uncountable)

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.

Derived terms

• mimetic
• mimicry

References

• Silva Rhetoricae

Anagrams

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