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mimetism

American

[mim-i-tiz-uhm, mahy-muh-] / ˈmɪm ɪˌtɪz əm, ˈmaɪ mə- /

noun

mimicry.

Etymology

Origin of mimetism

First recorded in 1880–85; mimet(ic) + -ism

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