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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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I don't say, indeed, that my curate would indulge in this affectation, for he is rather disposed to take the old, unlearned modes of saving souls and going with them to Heaven, than the new, brilliant mimetism of a world that knows not God.

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