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mimesis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mimesis  \Mi*me"sis\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  imitation.]  (Rhet.  & 
  Biol.) 
  Imitation;  mimicry. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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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