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automimicry
automimicry n. 
/ˌɑdoʊˈmɪmᵻkri/ self-imitation; spec. (a) Psychiatry a condition in which a patient reproduces the symptoms of a disease from which he or she has previously suffered (now disused); (b) Biology any form of biological mimicry (mimicry n. 2) in which there is a resemblance between different parts of the same organism or between individuals of the same species.
Brit. /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈmɪmᵻkri/
, /ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈmɪmᵻkri/U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˈmɪmᵻkri/
, /ˌɔdoʊˈmɪmᵻkri//ˌɑdoʊˈmɪmᵻkri/ΚΠ
1901 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 28 349 Generally, in place of distracted attention, in place of vague apprehension, in place of auto-mimicry of inspirationless copies, which have heretofore dominated, there has been given a new marshalling of ideas and emotions in the direction of a new goal.
1917 M. D. Eder War-shock iii. 48 Automimicry... It is, I believe, less well recognised that the hysteric may mimic the symptoms of an illness from which he himself has suffered.
1923 C. Morley in H. S. Saunders Parodies Walt Whitman Pref. p. viii Swinburne, a much lesser poet, but more gifted with a sense of absurdity, did some delightful automimicry.
1967 L. P. Brower et al. in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 57 897 The discovery of an intraspecific palatability polymorphism in the monarch butterfly prompts us to advance a new theoretical category of mimicry: automimicry.
2003 New Scientist 30 Aug. 15/1 To look more fearsome, some even embrace automimicry—shaping other parts of their body to look like their actual teeth or horns.
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