Mimesis

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mimesis \Mi*me"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? imitation.] (Rhet. &
     Biol.)
     Imitation; mimicry.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  mimesis
       n 1: the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in
            art and literature
       2: any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another
          disease
       3: the representation of another person's words in a speech