mimesis
nounThe imitation or representation of aspects of the sensible world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
nounMimicry.
nounThe appearance, often caused by hysteria, of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
nounThe occurrence of symptoms, without organic basis or in the course of some disease, which simulate those of another disease.
nounIn rhetoric, imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another, especially in order to represent his character. See
In zoology, mimicry; simulated resemblance; physical or physiological simulation by one animal of another, or of a plant or other part of its surroundings. See
Imitation; mimicry.
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