mimetic
- characterized by, exhibiting, or of the nature of imitation or mimicry: mimetic gestures.
- mimic or make-believe.
Origin of mimetic
Related Words for mimetic
imitative, onomatopoetic, counterfeit, onomatopoeic, echoic, apish, mimic, simulated, copied, duplicated, mimetic, simulative, parrot, mimicking, artful, copycat, deceptive, derivative, following, forgedExamples from the Web for mimetic
Contemporary Examples of mimetic
So does Meditations in Green, but its incoherence feels purposeful, mimetic.
Historical Examples of mimetic
Perhaps the germs of mimetic art may be looked for in this dance.
Museum of AntiquityL. W. Yaggy
In cases where mimetic resemblances are involved we have no examples of the sort.
Mimicry in ButterfliesReginald Crundall Punnett
But of his histrionic and mimetic powers I shall have something to say later on.
Wagner as I Knew HimFerdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger
Mimetic Colouration, or the resemblance of one animal to another.
Colouration in Animals and PlantsAlfred Tylor
Of these were mimetic dances, representing mythological scenes.
The Historical ChildOscar Chrisman
mimetic
- of, resembling, or relating to mimesis or imitation, as in art, etc
- biology of or exhibiting mimicry
Word Origin and History for mimetic
1630s, "having an aptitude for mimicry," from Greek mimetikos "imitative, good at imitating," from mimetos, verbal adjective of mimeisthai "to imitate." Originally of persons, attested of animals or plants from 1851. Related: Mimetical (1610s); mimetically.
mimetic
(mĭ-mĕt′ĭk, mī-)- Of or exhibiting mimicry.
- Of or relating to mimesis.