mimesis
Rhetoric. imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of someone else, as in order to represent their character.
(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 (def. 1).
Biology. imitation (def. 5).
Zoology. mimicry (def. 2).
Also mimosis .Pathology.
the simulation, due to hysteria, of the symptoms of a disease.
the simulation of the symptoms of one disease by another.
Origin of mimesis
1Words Nearby mimesis
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How to use mimesis in a sentence
Yet, at the same time, the emphasis on extreme mimesis highlights the artifice of the robot, how it is emphatically not-born.
Ancient robots were objects of fantasy and fun | E. R. Truitt/MIT Press Reader | November 30, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn some instances, extreme mimesis of biological characteristics highlights the desire for a perfect copy, indistinguishable from the born original.
Ancient robots were objects of fantasy and fun | E. R. Truitt/MIT Press Reader | November 30, 2021 | Popular-ScienceNever, never in my life before did I dream that dramatic art, poetry, and mimesis could attain to such ideal splendour.
Memoirs | Charles Godfrey LelandThe habit of this mimesis of the thing desired, is set up, and ritual begins.
Ancient Art and Ritual | Jane Ellen HarrisonThis is the true mimesis—the re-creation or fresh creation of fictitious reality.
The English Novel | George Saintsbury
Even Plato, the supposed father of idealism, does not make the mimesis absolutely unreal.
Neither Plato nor Mr. Emerson recognizes any causative force in the mimesis.
British Dictionary definitions for mimesis
/ (mɪˈmiːsɪs) /
art literature the imitative representation of nature or human behaviour
any disease that shows symptoms of another disease
a condition in a hysterical patient that mimics an organic disease
biology another name for mimicry (def. 2)
rhetoric representation of another person's alleged words in a speech
Origin of mimesis
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