Meaning

noun the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature

noun any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease

noun the representation of another person's words in a speech

originFrom Ancient Greek μῑ́μησις (mī́mēsis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeîsthai, “to imitate”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “a mime”). By surface analysis, mime + -esis.

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