[ mɪ'mi:sɪs , mʌɪ- ]
■ noun
1》 imitative representation of the real world in art and literature.
2》 the deliberate imitation of the behaviour of one group of people by another as a factor in social change.
3》 Zoology mimicry of another animal or plant.
Derivatives
mimetic adjective
mimetically adverb
Origin
C16: from Gk mimēsis , from mimeisthai 'to imitate'.