Mimesis Definition
mĭ-mēsĭs, mī-
noun
The imitation or representation of aspects of the sensible world, especially human actions, in literature and art.
American Heritage
Imitation.
Webster's New World
The appearance, often caused by hysteria, of symptoms of a disease not actually present.
American Heritage Medicine
Origin of Mimesis
From Ancient Greek μίμησις (mÄ«mÄ“sis), from μιμεῖσθαι (mimeisthai, “to imitate"), from μῖμος (mÄ«mos, “a mime").
From Wiktionary
Greek mīmēsis from mīmeisthai to imitate from mīmos imitator, mime
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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