mimicry
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈmɪmɪkri/
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imitación
- The comedian's fantastic mimicry of famous celebrities had the audience in stitches.
Are they just fancy mimicry machines and where do you fall on that?
- Are they just fancy mimicry machines and where do you fall on that?
- And you know, Hegel's not thinking here at all about theories of language that would reduce language down to a mimicry of the world.
- YouTube as the mimicry of TikTok has engendered a drive to video and short form video.
- I mean, sometimes you don't want to use mimicry too much.
- And also I have a sense of humor about the, the mimic mimicry, the jokes and the jokes.
- Is it bio mimicry or is this a very clever use of fabric?
- So these kind of mimicry games that you could play like clapping hands or making faces or babies could, could learn.
Examples
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If he ran and shouted, it seemed to be in mimicry of other boys.
Fiction book (1998) -
Exquisite mimicry of observed behaviours.
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Whatever might be called speech is only mimicry.
Fiction book (1990) -
-He has a definite gift for mimicry.
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I mean, sometimes you don't want to use mimicry too much.
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There's a fine line between acting and mimicry.
Fiction book (1996) -
Pleasing as the music sounds, it's musical mimicry of the style of a bygone era.
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North America has well-established cases of color mimicry among butterflies but none among birds.
Academic text (1990) -
Zenia's mimicry is potent and unsettling, crossing the boundaries between sameness and otherness.
Academic text (2005) -
I could see why the man had caught Dickens's attention: he was comical in his threadbare, crazily tilted mimicry of gentility.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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4.0
An act that copies a person's voice or way to make people laugh
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3.5
A thing made to look like something real to trick people
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5.7
An act of copying another person's voice and actions to entertain or trick people
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5.8
A false show of feeling or action meant to trick people
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8.4
A funny copy of a person or movie that makes fun of their style
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7.5
A false act or story that tries to trick people, often to make them laugh
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9.9
Making art that copies real life or someone's words
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5.7
Pretending to be someone, for example in a play or to get attention
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6.3
A funny imitation of a person or show to make people laugh
To pretend to be another person by copying how they act, usually to trick or entertain
Copying someone's actions or words to make fun of them
A habit of copying how other people act, speak, or dress
Antonyms
Compounds
- South African
A small water-storing plant with thick leaves that look like stones
How Imitative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mimicry comes from a Greek word mimos meaning 'imitator', and it is the same root as mime and mimic. So mimicry is the act of 'imitating' someone's voice or behavior, often to entertain or to trick people.