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mimesis

[mi-mee-sis, mahy-] / mɪˈmi sɪs, maɪ- /
NOUN
imitation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clone impersonation impression mimicry parody reflection replica reproduction
STRONG
Xerox apery copy counterfeit counterpart ditto dupe duplicate duplication ersatz fake forgery image likeness match mime mockery parallel phony picture resemblance ringer semblance sham simulacrum takeoff transcription travesty
WEAK
aping carbon copy counterfeiting echoing matching mirroring paralleling paraphrasing parroting patterning representing
Antonyms
STRONGEST
original
STRONG
difference opposite reality seriousness solemnity
WEAK
reverse
NOUN
mimicry
Synonyms
STRONGEST
pastiche
STRONG
apery camouflage caricature imitation parody posture
WEAK
mimetism mimicking mocking

Example Sentences

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Issue 2 is also an exercise in mimesis.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2021

In victory a kind of mimesis has begun.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2018

Being an artist who’s interested in mimesis and the new stuff, what are the tools available to the artist now?

From Slate • Sep. 20, 2016

His objective, it seemed, was to abandon mimesis, the depiction of people and things.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2016

Now go and practice your mimesis in order to receive a welcome from the Anthophora or the Chalicodoma!

From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

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