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mimesis

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Yet, at the same time, the emphasis on extreme mimesis highlights the artifice of the robot, how it is emphatically not-born.

In some instances, extreme mimesis of biological characteristics highlights the desire for a perfect copy, indistinguishable from the born original.

Never, never in my life before did I dream that dramatic art, poetry, and mimesis could attain to such ideal splendour.

The habit of this mimesis of the thing desired, is set up, and ritual begins.

This is the true mimesis—the re-creation or fresh creation of fictitious reality.

Even Plato, the supposed father of idealism, does not make the mimesis absolutely unreal.

Neither Plato nor Mr. Emerson recognizes any causative force in the mimesis.

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On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mimesis, such as: clone, impersonation, impression, mimicry, parody, and reflection.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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