mimetismn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪmᵻtɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪməˌtɪz(ə)m/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mimetic adj., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < mimet- (in mimetic adj.) + -ism suffix, perhaps after French mimétisme (attested in dictionaries from 1874; 1906 in sense 2).While in French mimétisme has become the standard term in both senses below, in English the preferred terms seem to be mimicry (in sense 1) or mimesis (in both senses).

1. Biology. = mimesis n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > similarity between different organisms > mimesis

mimicry1816

mimesis1846

mimetism1870

Batesian mimicry1896

1870 Nature 10 Feb. 380/2 The most remarkable instances of Mimetism to which attention has been drawn, are chiefly to be found in the tropics.

1879 Harper's Mag. Nov. 867 Mr. Wallace..has done more to enlarge our knowledge of mimetism in nature than any other person.

1918 Amer. Naturalist 52 49 We believe that the general principle of mimetism has been fully explained by Punnett.

1956 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 145 320 Where..the model of a particular mimetic morph is rare or absent, the selective advantage of the mimetism is reduced.

1994 Jrnl. Insect Behaviour 7 101 The hypothesis of chemical mimetism, a mechanism supposed to permit parasite intrusion by qualitatively similar odor bouquets in host and parasite females.

2. gen. Imitative behaviour in humans, which reproduces (consciously or not) the characteristics of another person or group; (Sociology) = mimesis n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > mimicry

mimicry1816

mimesis1846

mimetism1918

1918 B. Miall tr. A. Hamon Lessons of World-war ix. 271 Men hide their guns..under canopies of leaves, in order to conceal them from the view of aeroplanes. Man adopts the mimetism of Nature.

1960 Mod. Lang. Notes 75 280 Nicole Houssa often writes at a very slow pace and, to avoid mimetism of Colette,..she sometimes lapses into inelegant phrasing.

1970 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Dec. 1480/5 The later history of the Inca dynasty is a depressing one of mimetism and osmosis.

1990 Callaloo 13 889 Negritude..might even have worsened our identity instability by pointing at the most pertinent syndrome of our morbidities: self-withdrawal, mimetism [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mimetism
释义	mimetismn. Brit. /ˈmʌɪmᵻtɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmaɪməˌtɪz(ə)m/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mimetic adj., -ism suffix. Etymology: < mimet- (in mimetic adj.) + -ism suffix, perhaps after French mimétisme (attested in dictionaries from 1874; 1906 in sense 2).While in French mimétisme has become the standard term in both senses below, in English the preferred terms seem to be mimicry (in sense 1) or mimesis (in both senses). 1. Biology. = mimesis n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > similarity between different organisms > mimesis mimicry1816 mimesis1846 mimetism1870 Batesian mimicry1896 1870 Nature 10 Feb. 380/2 The most remarkable instances of Mimetism to which attention has been drawn, are chiefly to be found in the tropics. 1879 Harper's Mag. Nov. 867 Mr. Wallace..has done more to enlarge our knowledge of mimetism in nature than any other person. 1918 Amer. Naturalist 52 49 We believe that the general principle of mimetism has been fully explained by Punnett. 1956 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 145 320 Where..the model of a particular mimetic morph is rare or absent, the selective advantage of the mimetism is reduced. 1994 Jrnl. Insect Behaviour 7 101 The hypothesis of chemical mimetism, a mechanism supposed to permit parasite intrusion by qualitatively similar odor bouquets in host and parasite females. 2. gen. Imitative behaviour in humans, which reproduces (consciously or not) the characteristics of another person or group; (Sociology) = mimesis n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [noun] > mimicry mimicry1816 mimesis1846 mimetism1918 1918 B. Miall tr. A. Hamon Lessons of World-war ix. 271 Men hide their guns..under canopies of leaves, in order to conceal them from the view of aeroplanes. Man adopts the mimetism of Nature. 1960 Mod. Lang. Notes 75 280 Nicole Houssa often writes at a very slow pace and, to avoid mimetism of Colette,..she sometimes lapses into inelegant phrasing. 1970 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Dec. 1480/5 The later history of the Inca dynasty is a depressing one of mimetism and osmosis. 1990 Callaloo 13 889 Negritude..might even have worsened our identity instability by pointing at the most pertinent syndrome of our morbidities: self-withdrawal, mimetism [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1870
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