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Look up: mimesis

  1. Mimesis
    The imitation of reality in art/poetry.
    Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of

  2. mimesis
    [n] - any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease 2. [n] - the representation of another person`s words in a speech 3. [n] - the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Mimesis
    Mimesis: Imitation or mimicry. Mimesis in medicine refers to the hysterical simulation of organic disease and to the imitation of one organic disease by another. Mimesis in aesthetic or artistic theory refers to the attempt to imitate or reproduce reality. The word 'mimesis' comes from the Greek verb 'mimeisthai' meaning 'to imitate' and from 'mimo ...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  4. Mimesis
    Mi·me'sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... imitation.] (Rhet. & Biol.) Imitation; mimicry.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/68

  5. mimesis
    1. Hysterical simulation of organic disease. ... 2. The symptomatic imitation of one organic disease by another. ... Origin: G. Mimesis, imitation, fr. Mimeomai, to mimic ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. mimesis
    noun the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. mimesis
    noun the representation of another person`s words in a speech
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. mimesis
    noun any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Mimesis
    `Mimesis` in its simplest context means imitation or representation in Greek.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimesis

  10. mimesis
    (mĭ-me´sis) the simulation of one disease by another.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  11. Mimesis
    • (n.) Imitation; mimicry.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. mimesis
    basic theoretical principle in the creation of art. The word is Greek and means `imitation` (though in the sense of `re-presentation` rather than of ... [12 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/93

  13. mimesis
    mimesis 1. The imitation of life or nature in the techniques and subject matter of art and literature. 2. The representation of another person's words in a speech. 3. Any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease. 4. The occurrence of the symptoms of a disease in someone who does not have that disease, often produced psychosomaticall...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf


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