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mimesis

[mi-mee-sis, mahy-] / mɪˈmi sɪs, maɪ- /




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I still wonder if this is a kind of clever mimesis.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2018

In victory a kind of mimesis has begun.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2018

Movies and TV shows often serve as mimesis machines, of course, fostering desires within viewers to replicate in their own lives what they see characters do and feel.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2018

Though this wasn’t the only score of his that made listeners wonder whether he entertained ideas of representation, mimesis, evocation in his work, he — like Cunningham — kept quiet about these matters.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2016

It is a most striking case of mimesis.'

From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander