Dictionary

mimicry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɪm.ɪ.kɹɪ/ (Australia, Canada, UK, US)
• /ˈmɪm.ɪ.kɹi/ (Australia, Canada, UK, US)

Etymology

From mimic + -ry.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An act or ability to simulate or effect the appearance, characteristics, or behavior of someone or something else.
   • When animal mimicry goes really wrong they don't just look like something that a predator would ignore, they look like lunch.
   • They say that mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery, but I still think I'm being mocked when he acts just like me.

Forms

Deriveds

phagomimicry · Pouyannian mimicry · biomimicry · peptidomimicry · aggressive mimicry · automimicry · ant mimicry · phosphomimicry · osteomimicry · Batesian mimicry · auto-mimicry · sexual mimicry · Müllerian mimicry · glycomimicry · mimicry plant · theriomimicry

Relateds

imitation · crypsis

Translations (52)

fi mimiikka (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · fa وانمایی (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · fi jäljittely (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · es mimetismo (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · el μιμητισμός (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · it mimica (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · ko 흉내 (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · es arrendajo (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · hi अनुकरण (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · tl gagad (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · la mīmētismus (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · cmn 模仿 (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · pl naśladownictwo (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · de Mimikry (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · tr taklit (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · km ការធ្វើត្រាប់តាម (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · he חקיינות (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · de Nachahmung (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · fa میمیک (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · vi sự bắt chước (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · lt mimikrija (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · es mimetización (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · he חיקוי (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · tr öyküntü (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · ga aithriseoireacht (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · pt mimetismo (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · eo kamuflimito (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · ga athmhagadh (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · ru мими́крия (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · it scimmiottatura (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · la mīmica (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · fr mimétisme (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · sv mimikry (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · es remedo (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · fr mimique (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · it mimetismo (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · ja 擬態 (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · ro mimetism (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · cmn 擬態 /拟态 (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · ca mimetisme (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · ml ശബ്ദാനുകരണം (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · it scimmiottamento (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · hu mimikri (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · pt mímica (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · bg мимикрия (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · ar مُشَاكهَة (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · ml മിമിക്രി (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · kk қорғаныш рең (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · it mimetizzazione (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · ru подража́ние (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · cs mimikry (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else) · ko 입내 (the act or ability to simulate the characteristics of someone or something else)