mimetic
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8.1
- adjective
- /mɪˈmɛtɪk/
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mimético
- In nature, many animals exhibit mimetic behavior to avoid predators by blending into their surroundings.
- mimetic desire
- mimetic behavior
- mimetic elaboration
Well, we often talked about mimetic theory, right?
- Well, we often talked about mimetic theory, right?
- He calls mimetic or imitative arts.
- So there has to be gradations of how mimetic certain desires are that we have.
- There's, you know, this component of what other authors have called mimetic desire.
- I will never again use language so loosely and I will always be careful of the magic and mimetic properties of language itself.
- We've been blessed with untold riches, particularly in the mimetic realm, from male homosexuals.
- And I still think that for like mimetic testing, text is pretty hard to beat.
- So he's clearly he's got that one on that one, but on mimetic falsehood, that's a really big deal.
- Which parts of the soul does mimetic production, imitation, poetry, the other arts?
- And so it's rather mimetic of our relationship that he's interrupting me all the time.
- So we also involve Robert Sapolsky to help us come up with a concentration that would be trauma mimetic.
- I think it defeated older mimetic sets that were really pretty toxic in our society and it has defeated them very well.
Examples
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The mimetic techniques used by the artist allowed the painting to capture the essence of its subject.
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The theatre production was known for its mimetic portrayal of historical events, making the audience feel like they were part of the story.
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Well, we often talked about mimetic theory, right?
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We have freedom to rise above that base mimetic nature and to choose the way that we're going to respond.
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The most vital mimetic performances were carried out as an important stage of the hunt.
Academic text (1990) -
I will never again use language so loosely and I will always be careful of the magic and mimetic properties of language itself.
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While the number of originals increased, the music was still highly mimetic in concept and practice.
Academic text (1990) -
For him, physical marks of identification ultimately threaten to cancel the mimetic effect that a literary work should produce.
Academic text (1999) -
Zorrilla's formidable insight is that mimetic rivalry is at the heart of this crisis.
Academic text (1993) -
Mimetic elaborations support students' memorization of facts about familiar people, places, or events.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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4.6
Tends to copy the actions or style of other people
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9.9
A design that makes an object on a screen look like a real item, like paper or a button
How Imitative
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8.1
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4.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mimetic comes from an old Greek word about copying and is closely related to the words mimic and mime, which mean 'to imitate'. So, something mimetic copies real life or other things, in art, nature, or behavior.