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Definitions of mimesis in various dictionaries:
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
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| November 5th; in river, me, / figure of Guy, say, mimicry |
| This setter's in mess -- I misconstrued 'representation' |
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| Nov 22 2018 The Telegraph - Toughie |
| Feb 26 2010 The Telegraph - Toughie |
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| imitation, in particular: |
| the act of representing or imitating reality in art, especially literature: |
| The imitation or representation of aspects of the sensible world, especially human actions, in literature and art. |
| Biology Mimicry. |
| Medicine The appearance, often caused by hysteria, of symptoms of a disease not actually present. |
| the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature |
| the representation of another person's words in a speech |
| any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease |
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Mimesis (; Ancient Greek: (mmsis), from (mmeisthai), "to imitate", from (mimos), "imitator, actor") is a critical and philosophical term that carries a wide range of meanings, which include imitation, representation, mimicry, imitatio, receptivity, nonsensuous similarity, the act of resembling, the act of expression, and the presentation of the self.In ancient Greece, mimesis was an idea that governed the creation of works of art, in particular, with correspondence to the physical world understood as a model for beauty, truth, and the good. Plato contrasted mimesis, or imitation, with diegesis, or narrative. After Plato, the meaning of mimesis eventually shifted toward a specifically literary function in ancient Greek society, and its use has changed and been reinterpreted many times since. * One of the best-known modern studies of mimesis, understood as a form of realism in literature, is Erich Auerbach's Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature, which opens with |