Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mimesis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mimesis \Mi*me"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? imitation.] (Rhet. &
Biol.)
Imitation; mimicry.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mimesis
n 1: the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in
art and literature
2: any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another
disease
3: the representation of another person's words in a speech
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