MIMESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mimesis mean? 

• MIMESIS (noun)
  The noun MIMESIS has 3 senses:

1. the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature

2. any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease

3. the representation of another person's words in a speech

  Familiarity information: MIMESIS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIMESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mimesis" is a kind of...):

imitation (the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations)

Derivation:

mimetic (characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("mimesis" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

Holonyms ("mimesis" is a part of...):

hysteria; hysterical neurosis (neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The representation of another person's words in a speech

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mimesis" is a kind of...):

citation; quotation; quote (a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)

Derivation:

mimetic (exhibiting mimicry)