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单词 mimesis
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mi•me•sis  (mi mē′sis, mī-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Rhetoricimitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another, as in order to represent his or her character.
  2. Animal Behavior[Biol.]imitation.
  3. [Zool.]mimicry.
  4. PathologyAlso, mimosis. 
    • the simulation, due to hysteria, of the symptoms of a disease.
    • the simulation of the symptoms of one disease by another.
  • Greek mí̄mēsis imitation, equivalent. to mīmē- (variant stem of mīmeîsthai to copy) + -sis -sis
  • 1640–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mimesis /mɪˈmiːsɪs/ n
  1. the imitative representation of nature or human behaviour
  2. another name for mimicry
  3. representation of another person's alleged words in a speech
Etymology: 16th Century: from Greek, from mimeisthai to imitate
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