mimesis

Example Sentences

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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

“Girard was talking about mimesis, that humans are monkey see, monkey do,” he says.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2018

There was a somewhat belated reaction to the danger of mimesis, and before the close of 1934, most Falangists were denying that they were fascists.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2017

We shall see this more clearly if we examine for a moment this Greek word mimesis.

From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen