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mimesis

 
Noun mimesis has 3 senses
  1. mimesis - the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
    --1 is a kind of
    imitation
  2. mimesis - any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
    --2 is a kind of
    disease
    --2 is a part of hysteria, hysterical neurosis
  3. mimesis - the representation of another person's words in a speech
    --3 is a kind of
    quotation, quote, citation
mimdes mime mimeo mimeograph mimeograph machine mimeographed mimer mimes mimesis mimetic mimi mimic mimic mimick mimicked mimicker mimickery

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