mimetic

Example Sentences

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Inspired by the permanent exhibition “The Struggle for Justice” at the National Portrait Gallery, where Burgess is the Smithsonian’s first choreographer-in-residence, the social justice series offers both oblique and mimetic reflection on its subjects.

From Washington Post

Granted, choosing to be mimetic instead of experimenting with something that hasn't been tested is also good business.

From Salon

Mathieu’s melodramatic tale is mimetic almost to a fault of the smallness of the social conditions it seeks to convey.

From New York Times

Because the novel is such a deeply mimetic and attentive host, it begins to sound like its guests.

From The New Yorker

Paired with Felipe’s fugue-like voice, the exchange in perspective becomes mimetic of the fraught reciprocations between then and now, mother and daughter, the memories of parents and those of their children.

From Los Angeles Times