Dictionary

mimesis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /mɪˈmiːsɪs/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌmaɪˈmiːsɪs/
• /məˈmiːsɪs/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”). By surface analysis, mime + -esis.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
2. (countable, uncountable) Mimicry.
3. (countable, uncountable) The appearance of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
4. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The rhetorical pedagogy of imitation.
5. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The imitation of another's gestures, pronunciation, or utterance.

Forms

Deriveds

andromimesis · biomimesis · mimicry · gynemimesis · mimeography · thanatomimesis · ethnomimesis · psychotomimesis · mimetic · neuromimesis

Relateds

meme · memetic

Translations (20)

de Mimesis (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · ca mimesi (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · gl mimese (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · bg мимезис (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · es mimesis (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · it mimesis (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · cs nápodoba (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · pl mimesis (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · oc mimèsi (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · es mímesis (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · cs napodobení (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · fr mimèse (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · es mímesis (mimicry) · cs mimesis (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · tr mimesis (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · es mimesis (mimicry) · tl gagad (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · cs znázornění (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · fr mimèsis (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions) · it mimesi (the representation of aspects of the real world, especially human actions)